Celebrating the International Day of the Girl
PAO- in cooperation with UNICEF and in coordination with the Women Empowerment Department in Basra Governorate, held an awareness workshop on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl to encourage girls to participate in changing society for the best and Supporting core priorities for protecting girls’ rights and raising awareness of the inequalities that girls around the world face on the basis of their gender.
The Team In Basra also arranged for a play with the girls’ participants about underage marriage, also an exhibition held to display panels with encouragement phrases made by the girls to disseminate a message about the International day of girls.
As a conclusion of the activity, the last part included creating a big “wishes tree” for the girls to write their wishes on it.
