@IDG_Summit A1: Access to education is so important. Girls need tools and resources like access to proper schools, opportunities to attend and hope for the future. #11DaysofAction#GenerationGirl
@winifreddoherty @IDG_Summit@LorettoattheUN @RSCJatUN @SNDatUN So shocking that I just double checked this statistic. Unfortunately, it's accurate (from 2003. UNFPA and Young People: Imagine 2003) - from the @NGOWGG very helpful resources:
https://t.co/OzKPnyK33R
@IDG_Summit 5D: Violence obstructs access to education. Deliberate destruction of education facilities has been a longstanding practice in conflicts. Shockingly, girls’ schools were targeted 3 times more often than boys’ schools between 2000 – 2014 (GEM report) #SDGs4NonViolence#IDG2018 RT
@IDG_Summit Q5A: A culture of non-violence contributes keeps girls in school & greatly diminishes the chances of them being used as a weapons of war (raped), or #trafficked as slaves to armed groups. #SDGs4NonViolence#IDG2018 RT
@IDG_Summit Violence obstructs access to education. Deliberate destruction of education facilities has been a longstanding practice in conflicts. Shockingly, girls’ schools were targeted 3 times more often than boys’ schools between 2000 – 2014 (GEM report) #SDGs4NonViolence#IDG2018 RT
@IDG_Summit A4B: ‘When women participate in peace agreements as negotiators, mediators, signatories or witnesses, peace agreements are 35 percent more likely to last at least 15 years’ –
@UNDP via https://t.co/WRWpl8jzNp @IISD_SDGs#SDG5#SDG17#SDGs4NonViolence#IDG2018 RT
@IDG_Summit A4A: In 2015, world leaders agreed upon Sustainable Development Goals that will shape the progress of our planet until 2030. Unless we pay attention to violence against girls we cannot achieve those goals #SDG5#SDG16#SDGs4GenderEquality#SDGs4NonViolence#IDG2018 RT