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Agenda-of-the-Week1Today, girls are all but invisible in international development and humanitarian policy and practice. The system is failing them: failing to count them, failing to take account of their particular needs, and failing to engage them or to listen to them. Join Plan, the United Nations and civil society partners from 11-18 October 2013 and help to change this.

Help to make girls visible.

Why? Because if girls' rights are respected and their needs are met, they can play a transformational role as drivers of change - in their families, their communities, and their countries.

The third annual European Week of Action for Girls, organised by Plan EU Office in partnership with the United Nations Brussels to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, will put the spotlight on the challenges and opportunities of being a girl.

A number of events will take place throughout the week (see agenda below), with specific recommendations to the EU on how to ensure girls are visible in EU policy and programming.

AGENDA OF THE WEEK, 11-18 OCTOBER 2013

FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER
09.00: Launch of the Girls’ Rights Gazette

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10.00-16.00: #GenderJam

MONDAY 14 OCTOBER
09.00-09.30: Launch of Photographic exhibition, 'Through her own eyes'
Organised by: Plan

10.30-12.30: Press briefing, Silken Hotel (tbc)
Organised by: Plan, EPF

18.00-21.00: Girl Rising screening and cocktail reception, Centre for Fine Arts, Rue Ravenstein 23, Brussels
Organised by: Plan, EPF, World Vision

TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER
12.00-13.00: Round table on Adolescent Pregnancy, European Parliament
Organised by: UNFPA, EPF

WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER
12.00-14.30: Roundtable: 'In Double Jeopardy: Adolescent girls and disasters', European Parliament, Room A5E-3
Organised by: Plan

FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER
11.00-13.00: 'Girls and the future development framework. What is the role of the EP to empower girls as the drivers of change?' MEP Assistants and EP policy advisors training, European Parliament
Organised by: DSW, EPF, IPPF EN, MSI and Stop Aids Alliance

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