Plenary Session Girl Uninterrupted
Plenary Session: Girl, Uninterrupted: Increasing Opportunity During Adolescence
Adolescence is a key time in a person’s life, and it offers tremendous opportunity for growth and development. Yet for girls it is often the time where inequality and discrimination are cemented. Nearly 15 million adolescent girls worldwide are forced to marry before the age of 18, depriving them of further education and earning potential and also negatively impacting the countries in which they live. When we invest in the health and secondary education of girls—especially STEM and skill-building—we not only have the opportunity to change the lives of 600 million adolescent girls, but to reduce poverty, grow economies, and increase global prosperity.
In this session, leaders from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors will discuss how CGI members can:
• Increase secondary education and skill-building opportunities for adolescent girls, better preparing them for the workforce.
• Invest in female health and well-being worldwide, supporting opportunities to delay reproduction and marriage as well as promoting maternal and reproductive health initiatives.
• Create gender-friendly environments—such as better sanitation facilities in schools—to better support adolescent girls.
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
PANELISTS:
Sonita Alizadeh, Artist and Activist, The Strongheart Group
Memory Banda, Girl Leader and Advisory Board Member, Rise Up
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Katja Iversen, President and CEO, Women Deliver
PANELISTS:
Kazuo Hirai, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO, Sony Corporation
Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Plenary Session Girl Uninterrupted
Plenary Session: Girl, Uninterrupted: Increasing Opportunity During Adolescence
Adolescence is a key time in a person’s life, and it offers tremendous opportunity for growth and development. Yet for girls it is often the time where inequality and discrimination are cemented. Nearly 15 million adolescent girls worldwide are forced to marry before the age of 18, depriving them of further education and earning potential and also negatively impacting the countries in which they live. When we invest in the health and secondary education of girls—especially STEM and skill-building—we not only have the opportunity to change the lives of 600 million adolescent girls, but to reduce poverty, grow economies, and increase global prosperity.
In this session, leaders from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors will discuss how CGI members can:
• Increase secondary education and skill-building opportunities for adolescent girls, better preparing them for the workforce.
• Invest in female health and well-being worldwide, supporting opportunities to delay reproduction and marriage as well as promoting maternal and reproductive health initiatives.
• Create gender-friendly environments—such as better sanitation facilities in schools—to better support adolescent girls.
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
PANELISTS:
Sonita Alizadeh, Artist and Activist, The Strongheart Group
Memory Banda, Girl Leader and Advisory Board Member, Rise Up
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Katja Iversen, President and CEO, Women Deliver
PANELISTS:
Kazuo Hirai, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO, Sony Corporation
Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund