Girl Rising Event
Film on educating girls shown at Library and Archives Canada. Lucy von Oldenbarneveld moderated the event. Christine Gervais , president of ACCESO presented her organisation and Elizabeth Ballantyne-Jackson, head of the Ottawa Chapter spoke on the activities of the GSP. The screening of this film illustrating the power of educating girls to change the world was took place in Ottawa on December 10th 2013 and In Perth, Ontario on the 11th. Emalia Wani was the guest speaker after the screening. Emalia is the single mother of six children. She came to Canada as a refugee from Sudan. She spoke of her burning desire to learn, now that his has the opportunity, and of her disire that her children, her daughters in particular, will get and education.
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