{"id":9415,"date":"2013-07-31T02:47:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T02:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/summit-seeks-to-unlock-rwandan-girls-potential\/"},"modified":"2013-08-03T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T11:45:41","slug":"summit-seeks-to-unlock-rwandan-girls-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/summit-seeks-to-unlock-rwandan-girls-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Seeks to Unlock Rwandan Girls Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Over one hundred people gathered at La Palisse in Kigali to deliver results for Rwanda\u2019s adolescent girls.}} <\/p>\n

Through three-days of immersive, interactive sessions, participants established the foundation of a girl-centered community armed with the tools and resources to do more and better for Rwandan girls. <\/p>\n

The Gender Monitoring Office (GMO) and Girl Hub Rwanda co-hosted the event with the shared vision of bringing girls to the forefront of programming and policy. Girl Effect University, an initiative of the Nike Foundation, curated the Summit to bring learning to life.<\/p>\n

The focus of the Summit was on enabling adolescent girls aged 10-19 to fulfill their potential and become agents of change for Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvesting in girls sparks a ripple effect of change,\u201d said Rose Rwabuhihi, Chief Gender Monitor at the Gender Monitoring Office. \u201cEnable girls to succeed through adolescence and you enable her to lead her community\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Research shows investments in girls return big dividends: When a girl receives seven years of education she marries four later and has 2.2 fewer children. An extra year of secondary school increases her eventual wages by 25 percent. <\/p>\n

A report from the World Bank shows that if young women were employed at the same rate of boys, Rwanda would add US$30M annually to the economy.<\/p>\n

The Summit featured speeches by the Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, who featured the incredible progress Rwanda has made for girls in the last 15 years. <\/p>\n

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Economic Planning highlighted how delivering results for girls will benefit the Rwandan economy. <\/p>\n

And Lamin Manneh, UN Resident Coordinator showcased Rwanda\u2019s focus on bringing girls\u2019 voice into the Post-2015 debate and urged participants to advocate for girls in the next development agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an incredibly ambitious community focused on girls in Rwanda,\u201d said Kate Wedgwood, Country Director for Girl Hub Rwanda. \u201cOften, though, we don\u2019t have the opportunity to collaborate or build connections. <\/p>\n

The Girl Learning Summit has provided a brilliant way to bring together people from across sectors who together can enable girls to drive social and economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the Summit, participants shared their work and learned what others are doing for girls in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Interactive sessions included PLAN Rwanda\u2019s strategies for keeping girls in school; CARE\u2019s learnings on how to enable girls to access and control economic assets; and the Rwanda Women\u2019s Network and RMRC tools for creating a healing space in a family for a girl victim of violence. <\/p>\n

Throughout the event, girls were in the room to showcase their experience, their voices and their aspirations for the future. <\/p>\n

Groups of girls involved including Ni Nyampinga journalists, Girl Hub Rwanda\u2019s Girl Research Unit and Girl Trustees, beneficiaries from CARE\u2019s economic empowerment programmes, and girls that have benefitted from Rwanda Women\u2019s Network programmes.<\/p>\n

Summit outcomes include a map of the girl-centered community in Rwanda: who is doing what for girls and what organizations need and can offer to the community to be successful. <\/p>\n

Additionally, participants designed statements that outline the needs for girls in Rwanda Post 2015. <\/p>\n

Participants also delivered recommendations from government, development partners, CSOs, NGOs and girls on else needs to be done to make girls successful throughout the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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