/R E P E A T -- MEDIA ADVISORY - CEOs of leading development, humanitarian and advocacy organizations call on Canada to invest in girls' education at G7/

OTTAWA, June 4, 2018 /CNW/ - On June 5, Fatuma Omar Ismail, a former child refugee from Somalia will be joined by CEOs from Canada's leading development, humanitarian and advocacy organizations to make a G7 plea to Prime Minister Trudeau and other G7 leaders. Together, they will present the urgent need for a significant financial investment in the education and empowerment of girls' in crisis-situations at the upcoming G7 Summit. The Prime Minister of Canada has already pledged his support to girls' education as a key step towards achieving gender equality. Now is the time to turn his words into action.

Girls attending school at Sokoroni A Public Primary School, Burkina Faso © UNICEF/UNI179316/Lynch (CNW Group/UNICEF Canada)

WHAT:	Canadian civil society organizations call on the Government of Canada to invest in girls' education at G7.
WHO:	Fatuma Omar Ismail, University of Toronto student, former child refugee from Somalia.
	Initiator of the Change.org petition that has more than 150k signatures (English/Somali/Swahili)
	Christina Dendys, Executive Director, RESULTS Canada (English)
	Kevin Frey, CEO, Right To Play (English)
	Michael Messenger, President and CEO, World Vision Canada (English/French)
	Marlen Mondaca, Chief Policy and Programming Officer, Save the Children (English)
	David Morley, President and CEO, UNICEF Canada (English/Spanish)
	Caroline Riseboro, President and CEO, Plan International Canada (English/French)
WHEN:	Tuesday, June 5, 2018 (11am ET)
WHERE:	Charles-Lynch room, Centre block, Parliament Hill, Wellington St, Ottawa, K1A 0A4
	Conference will be broadcast live on Channel 43 or 107 of the PTN system.
INTERVIEWS:	All speakers will be available to answer media questions.
KEY FACTS
75 million children and youth live in countries affected by conflict or disaster Girls are 2.5 times more likely to be out of school than boys during crises. Girls with secondary school education are six times less likely to marry as children. Each extra year a girl stays in school increases her income by 10 to 20%.

SOURCE UNICEF Canada

Jessica Bryant, Save the Children Canada, 647-973-1185, [email protected]; Stefanie Carmichael, UNICEF Canada, 647-500-4230, [email protected]; Mandy Kibel, Right to Play International, 647 9387255, [email protected]; Taryn Russell, RESULTS Canada, 613-552-3470, [email protected]; Leah Siversky, Plan International Canada, 437-828-8877, [email protected]; Brett Tarver, World Vision Canada, 647-825-2712, [email protected]

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