{"id":3943,"date":"2020-10-09T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2020-10-09T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:15:09","slug":"international-day-of-the-girl-child-2020-vlog-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/uncategorized\/international-day-of-the-girl-child-2020-vlog-call\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day of the Girl Child 2020 Vlog Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust works across the continent on three issues: women\u2019s rights, children\u2019s rights, and governance and leadership. We catalyse action, support local initiatives, lend solidarity and offer support where it is needed. We connect people and groups that should know each other and work together; and engage both publicly and behind the scenes with power brokers to strengthen, multiply, and amplify the voices of African women and children. We work through networks and collaborations, and incubate and create new initiatives where there are gaps.<\/p>\n

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Our mission is to amplify women\u2019s movements, influence governance, and promote women\u2019s contributions and leadership in the economic, social, and political development of Africa; and advocate for the protection of children\u2019s rights and dignity.<\/p>\n

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The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust has an exciting and unique opportunity to share which will provide adolescent girls with a space for their voice to heard and amplified. This listening initiative hosted by the Graca Machel Trust aims to work with adolescent girls to have them reimagine<\/a>\u00a0a better world that is inspired by their own hopes and ambitions. It will be from the energized and recognized efforts of these adolescent girls that we will gain leadership on how we can build a more equitable world that is considerate of the struggles and aspirations of adolescent girls on the continent.<\/p>\n

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The Trust will achieve this through a listening series that will have adolescent girls speak about the kind of world which they wish to have established during and post COVID \u2013 19. This will be done to cultivate a culture of agency amongst adolescent girls whereby they can claim their own destinies. We believe that this bottom \u2013 up approach will see national, sub \u2013 regional and continental stakeholders serve to support and uplift the call to actions and works of the adolescent girls rather than providing them with antidotes that are never fully reflective or considerate of the adolescent girls lived reality.<\/p>\n

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This listening series will be led by adolescent girls from the continent. The diversity of Africa in culture, religion and traditions would mean that the activities of this event need to be reflective of the different realities that adolescent girls face in their own environment.<\/p>\n

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We will be listening to the adolescent girls for purposes of capturing their thoughts and opinions to all stakeholders. This process of information capturing from the adolescent girls will begin with a release of vlogs that have been done by adolescent girls around the continent and end with a series of webinars.<\/p>\n

CRITERIA <\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are an adolescent girl between the ages of 15 \u2013 17, then submit a vlog of no longer than 3 minutes capturing your daily lived experience to illustrate the following;<\/p>\n