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ISGF 24
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World Conference 2005
Conference Report
We all know for example that the advocacy campaign on the prevention of adolescent
pregnancy, while successful in some countries has been difficult to implement in many
others.
ISGF could help with this: highlighting the issue among its members, doctors, nurses and
other relevant people in our countries.
Let us think together about what we could do together.
We could help promote `Our Rights, Our Responsibilities', especially the right to learn as we
are all aware of how, in many countries, girls and young women are struggling to attain equal
rights to education.
In Jordan we will be looking forward to the next triennium and to our new goals: Improving
leadership development, strong and growing member organizations and being the voice of
girls and young women.
WAGGGS is a powerful organization but it could be even more so. We have the power to
unite cultures and to forge peace and understanding between nations through our young
people. Increased membership builds confident young women capable of leading their own
lives, and participating equally in their communities. Programmes and trainings, like the
Juliette Low Seminar, provide girls and young women with the resources to take on greater
positions of responsibility. In order to continue to achieve these ideals, WAGGGS needs
stable resources. With your help we could help more girls and young women to be leaders
and to give so many more young people a better start in life.
I would like to end with some words from Safa, a 15 year old girl from Yemen who is taking
part in a WAGGGS/UNFPA programme highlighting the consequences of early marriage.
Safa and others take part in a range of activities crafts, sports, arts and education about
reproductive health and social issues. After five years in the programme, she is confident and
eager to speak to her friends and family about what she's learned, especially with regard to
early marriage. While many of her peers have no choice but to marry young, she has other
plans: "I want to be a lawyer the most famous lawyer in all of Yemen."
Thank you for your attention
