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Gender Equality


  • A celebration for all

    08/03/12

    By Susanna Matters, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador
    How come there isn’t International Men’s Day? It’s the question that relentlessly pursues me whenever I pin on my purple ribbon on 8th March.
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  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step for Saudi girls.

    06/10/11

    By Susanna Matters, UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador
    Last Monday, one of those moments occurred. You know, the moment when you’re flicking through the newspaper and then you suddenly let out a whoop of joy. That was me, last Monday, celebrating the news that women in Saudi Arabia have been granted the right to vote and run in municipal elections. Read more...
  • Married at the age of nine

    09/05/11

    By Mijo Lee, UNICEF Volunteer

    Last week my flatmates gathered in our living room to watch the gorgeous Kate Middleton walking down the aisle in Westminster Cathedral to marry Prince William.

    I wondered whether my friends would have made the same sounds of delight and the same comments about the wedding dress when I read an article about the wedding ceremony of nine year old Farah. Read more...