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850 Richards Street, Suite 201 • Honolulu, HI 96813 • 808-531-5502 Speaks.Hawaii-Can.Org • Speaks@Hawaii-Can.Org Hawai‘i Children's Action Network Speaks! is a nonpartisan 501c4 nonprofit committed to advocating for children and their families. Our core issues are safety, health, and education. To: Senate Committee on Government Relations Re: SCR 26 / SR 15 – Urging the empowerment of young women by annually recognizing October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Hawai‘i State Capitol, Room 016 and videoconference March 18, 2021, 3:10 PM Dear Chair Moriwaki, Vice Chair Dela Cruz, and committee members, On behalf of Hawai‘i Children’s Action Network Speaks!, I am writing in support of SCR 26 / SR 15. These resolutions urge the empowerment of young women by annually recognizing October 11 as the International Day of the Girl. Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks! is committed to advocating for children and fighting to ensure all keiki in our state are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. We believe that annually recognizing October 11 as the International Day of the Girl in Hawai‘i would be an effective way further the goals of the United Nations’ designation of October 11 as International Day of the Girl Child. These goals, as proclaimed by Governor Ige on October 11, 2020, include building awareness of the challenges faced by girls, helping to end gender discrimination, supporting more opportunities for girls, safeguarding their rights, and encouraging their full social, political, and economic participation. Mahalo for the opportunity to provide this testimony. Please pass SCR 26/ SR 15. Thank you, Nicole Woo Director, Research and Economic Policy 850 Richards Street, Suite 201 • Honolulu, HI 96813 • 808-531-5502 speaks.hawaii-can.org • [email protected] Written Testimony of Kana Walsh House Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs House Committee on Education Kana Walsh Youth Outreach Officer American Red Cross Testimony of Kana Walsh My name is Kana Walsh and I’m in the 8th grade. I am also a member of the Girl Scouts, a volunteer at the American Red Cross, and the co-founder of Girls Can Map. According to the United Nations, millions of girls are denied access to basic education around the world. It is no wonder that the majority of illiterate people in this world are female. For centuries, girls have been denied the same opportunities as boys in education, employment and healthcare. According to the UN Site about International Day of the Girl, “Progress for adolescent girls has not kept pace with the realities they face today, and COVID-19 has reinforced many of these gaps." Research shows that girls are not given the same opportunities as boys to get ahead in life. We need to do more to recognize these disadvantages and find solutions to fix them. The International Day of the Girl Child can help. It not only creates awareness of the many inequities faced by girls around the world. It also creates awareness for the many solutions to these problems. I feel that there are too many girls who do not have a fair chance in this world. As a consequence, they give-up on their opportunities to do amazing things. If more people celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child, I believe that more people would feel empowered to find solutions to the disadvantages that girls face in life. And, they would see that being a girl is a positive not a negative. We have a moral responsibility to make sure that every human being is treated with kindness, respect, and tolerance. If more Americans celebrated this important day, then more girls would be empowered to realize their full potential. Members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for your time and your consideration of my opinions. Appendix – International Day of the Girl Child OpEd Kana Walsh Center on Public Diplomacy Blog University of Southern California 29 November 2018 Realizing the Full Potential of the International Day of the Girl Child This October 11, people around the world again had the opportunity to celebrate the United Nation’s International Day of the Girl Child. This year’s theme was to prepare girls to enter a world of innovative and automated work. The purpose of this theme was to engage individuals and organizations to close the gender gap in STEM employment. This year, a lot of famous women spoke out on gender equality. In the United States, Michelle Obama, Jennifer Hudson, Meghan Trainor and Kelly Clarkson celebrated the day with over 1,000 girls and women on national television. They shared a message of hope. That no matter who we are, we should be treated the same. Around the world, girls celebrated the day in many different ways. Some even took over the roles of important people for day. Personally, I celebrated the day by shadowing an amazing woman at a major geospatial company. Through the shadowing experience, I was able to experience what she did to promote women in STEM and the impact of her work on her team. Unfortunately, other girls at my school did not get to have such experiences. And, almost no one at my school had even heard of the day until they read an article that I wrote about my experience, or saw a tweet about it. To take advantage of this opportunity, public diplomacy officers need to create programs that create awareness of the event. And, they need to start creating those programs now. If not many kids at my school knew about the International Day of the Girl Child, then I imagine that many kids at other schools don’t either. In New Delhi, India, diplomatic missions are committed to promoting equal rights for girls and women and celebrating International Day of the Girl Child. Among the many sponsored activities are distribution of activity guides to schools, interaction with students at various academic institutions and even the organization of “Girls Takeovers.” Plan International India is a child rights organization concerned about children’s rights and equality for girls. Through this program, girls and women are able to interact with Ambassadors and High Commissioners. Afterwards, they can share their experiences with others and talk about girls’ empowerment at a large gathering. Next year, we need a lot more people to celebrate the International Day of the Girl around the world. For this to happen, I think that we need to start creating more awareness about the event farther ahead of time. At a local level, we need school principals to list the event on their school calendars, host assemblies on the day for students, put news of the event in their school newsletters, and encourage discussions about the year’s theme in classrooms. These actions will create more awareness for the event. And, that will hopefully get more people to celebrate the event next year. The next International Day of the Girl therefore represents a great opportunity for embassies that are located in countries where girls have no chance of entering a world of innovative and automated work. To take advantage of this opportunity, public diplomacy officers need to create programs that create awareness of the event. And, they need to start creating those programs now. Appendix B – Reducing Global Poverty through Universal Primary and Secondary Education (UNESCO) https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000250392 Appendix C – Literacy Rates Continue to Rise from One Generation to the Next (UNESCO) http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/fs45-literacy-rates-continue-rise-generation-to- next-en-2017_0.pdf Appendix D – Study: Patterns of Gender Inequality Start with Childhood Chores (WJZ) https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/08/10/study-gender-inequality-childhood-chores/ SCR-26 Submitted on: 3/16/2021 2:42:27 AM Testimony for GVO on 3/18/2021 3:10:00 PM Testifier Present at Submitted By Organization Position Hearing Jennifer Azuma Individual Oppose No Chrupalyk Comments: People are not important on one designated day of the year. Either we empower girls or not. Letʻs not waste a budget makign more holidays than people can afford. The State of Hawaiʻi continues to ignore the financial implications of adding silly holidays to the calendar. Why not invest our time and money into real solutions? Teach both our girls and boys skills and behaviors that will sustain them. Stop putting more pressure on parents to keep up with the latest holiday. Are you trying to create new and innovative ways to generate at-risk households? Confuse older generations? Cause financial woes? .
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