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<p><b><font size="4" color="#DF5E32" face="Verdana">Webinar on The State of the World’s Children 2011</font></b>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">UNICEF invites you to participate in a live webinar on the recently released The State of the World’s Children 2011: </font></b><b><i><font size="4" face="Verdana">Adolescence – An age of opportunity</font></i></b>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">Topic: </font></b><font size="4" face="Verdana">What can adolescents teach adults about youth advocacy?</font>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">Where: </font></b><font size="4" face="Verdana">In front of your personal or work computer anywhere in the world</font>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">When:</font></b><font size="4" face="Verdana"> Tuesday, 15 March 2011 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. DST (1 p.m. GMT)</font>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">Overview:</font></b>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">One of the issues </font><a href="http://bit.ly/report2011full" target="blank"><i><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Verdana">The State of the World’s Children 2011: Adolescence – An age of opportunity</font></u></i></a><font size="4" face="Verdana"> explores is the role of adolescents in advocating for their rights. As young people grow from children to adults, the role of adults – at home, in communities and in government – is to guide and protect adolescents from the dangers they are exposed to. Adolescents, in turn, have the right to participate in the societies they live in. A growing number of organizations created and led by young people voice their opinions on issues that affect them in their daily lives and as members of society. New communication technologies have also opened the door to different ways to participate in their communities and politics. </font>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">What are youth-led organizations doing to support adolescents and provide them opportunities to advocate for their present and future? What are the best ways for adult-led organizations to support adolescents as they seek to influence and shape the societies they live in? How are both types of organizations using technologies to promote adolescent activism? </font>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Join us to discuss these questions on the challenges and opportunities of adolescence.</font>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">Speakers:</font></b>
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<li><font size="4" face="Verdana">Richard Mabala – founder of Tamasha Vijana, a participatory youth development centre, in Arusha, Tanzania </font>
<li><font size="4" face="Verdana">Michael Boampong – founder of Young People We Care, a youth-led NGO working on youth- and development-related issues, in Santasi-Kumasi, Ghana </font>
<li><font size="4" face="Verdana">Cherif Zouein – project manager for Unite for Climate, an online community for young activists to encourage local organizations to collaborate and create global action, UNICEF, New York</font></ul>
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<b><font size="4" face="Verdana">Moderator:</font></b>
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<li><font size="4" face="Verdana">Tobias Dierks, communication specialist, UNICEF, New York</font></ul>
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<b><font size="4" face="Verdana">How to participate</font></b>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">You DO NOT need to register in advance. You DO need a computer, high-speed Internet connection through cables, headphones and the latest Java Software installed.<br>
The day of the webinar, follow this link: <</font><a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/dropin.jnlp?sid=vclass&password=4RV9VP5IO6NDDTLUUT0I"><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Verdana">https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/dropin.jnlp?sid=vclass&password=4RV9VP5IO6NDDTLUUT0I</font></u></a><font size="4" face="Verdana">> </font>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">For a quick guide to Elluminate, the software used for this webinar, see </font><a href="http://tinyurl.com/39x34ca" target="blank"><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Verdana">Getting Started with Elluminate Live! V10 video</font></u></a><font size="4" face="Verdana">.</font>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Participation is open to the public and free of charge.</font>
<p><b><font size="4" face="Verdana">Do you have questions or comments?</font></b><font size="4" face="Verdana"> <br>
Please contact us at: </font><a href="mailto:outreach@unicef.org"><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Verdana">outreach@unicef.org</font></u></a><font size="4" face="Verdana">.</font><br>
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Tobias Dierks<br>
UNICEF Division of Communication<br>
Three UN Plaza<br>
New York, NY 10017<br>
USA<br>
Tel.: +1.212.326.7583<br>
Fax: +1.212.326.7085<br>
E-mail: tdierks@unicef.org<br>
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