A Girl’s Right to Learn Without Fear: Working to End Gender Based Violence at School.

When: 5 March 2013, 6.00pm-8.00pm 

• ·         Where: UNICEF House, Danny Kaye Visitor’s Centre, Three UN Plaza, 44th Street (Between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
• ·         Virtual: The event will also be Livestreamed and can be viewed at http://www.livestream.com/unicef

The event will include opening remarks from Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, and Minister Paavo Arhinmäki, Minister of Culture and Sport Finland, followed by a moderated panel discussion to explore how partners, including governments, can prevent and address school related gender based violence. Other distinguished speakers will include:

• ·         Rosemary McCarney, President and CEO of Plan Canada
• ·         Seodi White, Lawyer and National Coordinator of Women in Law in Southern Africa 
• ·         Robert Prouty, Lead Education Specialist, World Bank
• ·         Holly Gordon, Executive Director of 10x10
• ·         A member of the Because I am a Girl Youth Speakers Bureau