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Minister Persaud to launch two media projects to observe International Day of the Girl Child

Oct 11, 2021 News

Kaieteur News – In an effort to empower girls and amplify their voices, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud disclosed yesterday, that she will be launching “The Storyboard Initiative” and a special edition of “Youth Unfiltered” as the Ministry joins the rest of the world in observing International Day of the Girl Child.
The ‘day’ being observed on October 11 annually is used for recognising the importance, influence, and budding talents of girls and to also promote the opening up of more opportunities for them. The occasion is also designed to raise awareness of gender-based issues such as the digital divide, poor learning opportunities, violence and exploitation of girls.
“Girls in our country must be actively involved in the conversation about their welfare and future, and be given the enabling environments in all spheres to develop their potentials.
It must be our mission to equip a formidable generation of girls with the every tool to make the architects of world for tomorrow’s women,” Minister Vindhya Persaud declared.
The Storyboard Initiative to be launched by Minister Persaud was conceptualized during a conversation with one of her team members, Anuradha Persaud.
It espouses the idea of imparting creative writing skills along with functional literacy to develop storyboards written by girls who had difficult lives and surmounted those challenges.
Kaieteur News understands that these inspirational stories will be published and the proceeds used for these young women’s wellbeing. A series of inspirational books is intended to be published over time.
Each girl in the programme will be tutored for six weeks and provided a creative survival kit which includes a tablet, hygiene products, toiletries, stationary supplies and a backpack to motivate and support them. Teachers and journalists will be partnering with the Ministry of Human Services in the pilot programme intended to be rolled out countrywide next year.
Dr. Persaud believes that ‘Youth Unfiltered,’ a programme featuring young influencers, who will discuss timely topics on the ministry’s social media platforms, will help to ignite health discussions among girls across the country, promote awareness of their challenges and propose solutions for girls who would have surmounted hurdles and succeeded.
In her recently launched Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) programme, a practical, skills training programme for women and girls, Dr. Persaud has included courses on Information Technology, garment construction, graphic designing, video editing, photography, and interior decorating as a tangible solution to bridging the digital divide as captured in the theme of this year’s celebration “Digital generation.
Our generation.” She is cognizant of the heavy dependence of this generation on digital technology to connect, learn and network.

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