{"id":234360,"date":"2019-10-12T20:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T00:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=234360"},"modified":"2019-10-13T04:34:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T08:34:14","slug":"ph-celebrates-intl-day-of-the-girl-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/12\/ph-celebrates-intl-day-of-the-girl-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"PH celebrates Int&#8217;l Day of the Girl 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v4.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SparkPhilippinesInc\/posts\/1592653014192914?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCgyE0Lf7q1qElS6sk7L_Z2XyOP59BdYjuA9Jdms8eRWDudWIUTHGpJ_s9dvtRBfRkiLG7zq_fWDB2OSpRaoCz-FqKWGjBfpADj_LbkRNwmJ0gEcg3uAbxDAO8cM3StLSTc8-Gik_5stBHvnEp22s9rQgTL32XR3yOAZLuePos-BZ35mvqUEZow3CWCN1m5pmpZm-om680U_h7UsEEG1L2aoZHNsg9G6MgzqKF0J94I5oCaC7qO17cCxULkbMlsn0Eh8M1Q33WDrnCGAmoyvyvXjqh5dnNVICVr1RPq33vbo8d1dg7dN29PpjLbbCPaXgz2ewb-JI86YIIk4hokE2XykQ&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SparkPhilippinesInc\/posts\/1592653014192914\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Today, SPARK celebrated the International Day of the Girl 2019 with over 500 students, partners and advocates at the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SparkPhilippinesInc\/\">SPARK Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SparkPhilippinesInc\/posts\/1592653014192914\">Friday, October 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; SPARK! Philippines, a non-government organization advocating women\u2019s rights, in collaboration with the Quezon City Mayor&#8217;s Office, kicked off on Friday the celebration of the \u201cGirls for Early Age Empowerment\u201d at Gateway Cinema in Cubao.<\/p>\n<p>The event is part of the organization&#8217;s promotion of gender equality and women&#8217;s rights protection supported by the Netherlands embassy in the Philippines, embassy of Sweden in Manila, J. Amado Araneta Foundation (JAAF) and Terre des Hommes Netherlands in Asia through the Girls Advocacy Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>SPARK! executive director Maica Teves said the celebration of the International Day of Girl (IDG) is to push for the concerns and issues confronted by women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough these initiatives, we can act as a partner alongside other organizations to tackle problems and address women\u2019s needs more effectively while engaging men to advocate for women\u2019s issues,&#8221; Teves said.<\/p>\n<p>Every October 11, IDG is celebrated in the Philippines through a series of activities related to the occasion all through the month.<\/p>\n<p>IDG was created in 2012 to highlight human rights and promote girls&#8217; empowerment, as well as to address the needs and challenges currently confronted by today&#8217;s generation of girls.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s celebration focus on bringing up conversations and recognition of girls&#8217; rights all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, as we believe that breaking these barriers begins with exposing the youth to the inequalities that women and girls face in all parts of the globe, SPARK! has decided to celebrate girls not just for a day, but throughout the month, pioneering the Girls&#8217; Month Celebration through more initiatives for women and girls,&#8221; Teves said.<\/p>\n<p>The group said the celebration highlights the importance of social, economic, and political investment in the power of adolescent girls in breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination, and in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p>Several high school and college students from public and private schools in Quezon City joined the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Lectures and forums related to the girl&#8217;s issues are the highlights of the program. Key topics include girls in science and technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), empowerment through sports, overcoming barriers, and leadership empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>During her speech at the event, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte called on the participants to \u201cmake an impact\u201d and do their share in nation-building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are not only the hope of this nation&#8217;s future but the hope of this nation&#8217;s present. Though you are young, you have the power to make an impact, lead in your home, in your schools, and in your community,&#8221; Belmonte said.<\/p>\n<p>Belmonte also urged them to create a world free from gender-based discrimination where girls could also shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, SPARK celebrated the International Day of the Girl 2019 with over 500 students, partners and advocates at the&#8230; Posted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":234361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54365,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-instagram","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234362,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234360\/revisions\/234362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}