{"id":46902,"date":"2014-08-29T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fd7f00221b553ee5d6036d6e3fb9f465"},"modified":"2014-08-29T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T11:36:33","slug":"news-story-girl-summit-2014-outcomes-and-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=46902","title":{"rendered":"News story: Girl Summit 2014: outcomes and commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>On 22 July 2014, the UK government and UNICEF hosted the first Girl Summit, aimed at mobilising domestic and international efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) within a generation. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the highlights from the summit:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=56x-1Jfni_8&amp;list=PLQFgd9XCJ4aLDNfQZzNviB3E3BH_UksSY&amp;index=1\">Highlights from Girl Summit 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dfid\/sets\/72157645481834501\/\">Photo gallery of the summit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQFgd9XCJ4aLDNfQZzNviB3E3BH_UksSY\">Full playlist of videos of the day including plenary and spotlight sessions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Spotlight sessions: see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/girl-summit-2014-spotlight-session-outlines\">outlines<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/girl-summit-2014-spotlight-session-summaries\">summaries<\/a> of the 14 sessions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"the-agenda-for-change\">The agenda for change<\/h3>\n<p>The summit resulted in commitments to take action to end FGM and CEFM from organisations, governments, businesses, communities and individuals across the world.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.girlsummit2014.org\/\">See the full list of commitments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_680890\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/346027\/GS-CharterEnglish.pdf\">Girl Summit Charter on ending female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">567KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">1 page<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> was <span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_689548\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/348599\/Girl_Summit_Charter_with_Signatories_27_Aug.docx\">signed by hundreds of signatories<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\">MS Word Document<\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">1.1MB<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> who stated that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No one should be forced into marriage, or made to marry while still a child.<\/p>\n<p>No girl or woman should have to endure the physical and psychological effects of female genital<br \/>\nmutilation.<\/p>\n<p>These practices violate the fundamental rights of all girls and women to live free from violence and<br \/>\ndiscrimination. <\/p>\n<p>Such violations not only harm individual girls; by undermining girls\u2019 ability to make their own<br \/>\nchoices and reach their full potential, they also diminish the strength of families, communities and<br \/>\nsociety. <\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">So today, we commit to work together to end child, early and forced marriage and female genital<br \/>\nmutilation, for girls and women, everywhere, forever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can join this global movement for change. To add your name &#8211; or the name of your organisation &#8211; to the charter please email <a href=\"mailto:girlsummit2014@dfid.gov.uk\">girlsummit2014@dfid.gov.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Or to make a commitment towards ending FGM and CEFM simply fill out the <span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_689728\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/348620\/Girl_Summit_Making_a_Commitment_post_Summit.docx\">making a commitment<\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\">MS Word Document<\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">37.6KB<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> form and email to <a href=\"mailto:girlsummit2014@dfid.gov.uk\">girlsummit2014@dfid.gov.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Our <span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_689729\"><br \/>\n  <a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/348621\/Girl_Summit_Monitoring_Framework.pdf\">monitoring framework <\/a><br \/>\n  (<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">180KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">1 page<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span> explains how we\u2019re tracking and reporting on Girl Summit commitments.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"read-the-full-charter\">Read the full charter:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_680890\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/346027\/GS-CharterEnglish.pdf\">Girl Summit Charter on ending female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage<\/a><br \/>\n(<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">567KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">1 page<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_689750\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/348632\/Girl_Summit_Charter_-_Francais.pdf\">Girl Summit Charter &#8211; French translation<\/a><br \/>\n(<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">168KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">1 page<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"attachment inline\" id=\"attachment_689752\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/348635\/Girl_Summit_Charter-_Arabic.pdf\">Girl Summit Charter &#8211; Arabic translation<\/a><br \/>\n(<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">140KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">1 page<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"keep-up-to-date\">Keep up-to-date<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/j\/BB1DF32F049B2CA5\">sign up to receive our end FGM\/C e-bulletin<\/a> for the latest news, events and stories on how UK aid is supporting a global movement to end the practice<\/li>\n<li>follow the Girl Summit on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/girlsummit\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/girlsummit\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/girlsummit\">Instagram<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was achieved at the Girl Summit 2014 &#8211; who signed the charter, the commitments that were made, photos from the day and video footage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}