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Working Group on Girls -
NGO Committee Working at the UN
The Working
Group on Girls (WGG) is a coalition of over 80 national and international
non-governmental organizations with representation at the United Nations
dedicated to promoting
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promoting the human rights of the girl
child in all areas and stages of her life,
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advancing the inclusion and status of
girls and
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assisting them to develop their full
potential as women.
The activities
of the WGG support the following aims:
*Advocating
for the ongoing inclusion and development of girls’ rights in the work of the
United Nations system and structures and in international agreements;
*Promoting
the active participation of girls as agents of change in their own lives,
families, communities and societies
*Ensuring
that member states successfully implement their commitments to implementing
girls’ rights, through monitoring national action plans, policy statements,
program development, and resource allocation
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International Network for Girls - Scroll down site.
Despite their commitments to girls, as we approach the
15th anniversary of the Beijing
Platform for Action, very few governments have incorporated specific
provisions for girls into their national plans ofaction, as called for by the
nine strategic objectives of Section L-The Girl-Child.
Meanwhile, many hundreds of grassroots NGOs,
worldwide, have been working long and hard to bring visibility to the difficult
situation of girls. To protect girls’ rights they have worked to create girls’
educational programmes, to support the full development of girls, and to urge
governments to keep their promises to girls.
Many of these NGOs work locally, isolated from each
other and from the international community. They have little opportunity to
learn from each other, to share information, or to work together. The Network
also offers a girls’ rights interpretation of the CRC, CSW and CEDAW.
Set up in 1995, the International Network for Girls
(INfG) has grown to over 500 members in almost 100 countries, and publishes “Action
for Girls” in Spanish and English. Through their diverse activities
and programmes in education, health, nutrition, issues around child labour and
sexual exploitation, Network members share a common focus: improving girls’
rights. Working collaboratively, the INfG is developing its collective strength
to advocate for girls’ rights worldwide.
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