Who do you think of when you think about the story towards gender equality? I think many great women could and should be mentioned, but one very important for me personally is the former President of Finland, Ms Tarja Halonen. She was the first woman to hold that position and during her term a whole generation of young girls grew up in Finland thinking — rightly so — that they can someday too become the President if they want to. The power of example is enormous. And I would also like to name Ms. She was able to build a youth movement, girls and boys, to combat harmful practices, to engage with community and religious leaders and trigger the cultural shift for her country to ban FGM by law. She is also one of our Spotlight champions.

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Through interactive workshops, young people will have the chance to transform their ideas for digital products or services into concepts, benefit from knowledge transfer and learn how to better impact society through a three-day Impact Weekend. The future of Bosnia and Herzegovina lies in the hands of both women and men equally. We can all agree that gender equality is not only good, but it is also necessary.
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The FIA, together with nine partners, are implementing in and a competition model for the promotion and development of young women in motor sport at grassroots level. Partners The eight ASN partners involved in the project are:. This report, presented at the end of the project, will become a reference outcome for the project.
The visit's aim was to celebrate International Women's Day with the club's members, and talk about their lifestyles and problems which are faced in their community. It supports and empowers Young Women. Together we believe that empowered women are important for each country's development. Because strong women mean a strong Georgia, and a strong Georgia means a stronger Europe. After an introduction, we watched the film named "He named me Malala," drinking Azerbaijani tea around an amazing Azerbaijani sufra whilst hearing the story of the famous young Pakistani activist and feminist, Malala Yousafzai.