Day 5 by Nomusa Taylor-Dube

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Nomusa Lauren Taylor-Dube, shaking hands with Margaret Lobo, International President of Soroptimist International

Tuesday started off bright and early at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Breakfast (pictured right). It was great to meet and greet WAGGGS members from all over the world. Chairman of the World Board Margaret Treloar, Chief Executive Mary Mc Phail, World Board member Zahara Mavani and the young delegate Sheila Waithera Wangui from Kenya gave very strong presentations at the breakfast about Guiding and how WAGGGS is trying to tackle HIV and AIDS worldwide.

After the breakfast we quickly hurried to the Africa caucus where we got an incite in both English and French as to what best practices are currently in place and what policy changes still need to be made, in regards to HIV and AIDS in the context of care giving.

The highlight of my day today, was my panel event hosted by the International Women’s Alliance and the Food and Agricultural Organization. I gave a speech about my volunteer experiences with rural women in northern Ghana living with HIV and AIDS. The speech was very well received by the audience, which is very encouraging.

The Youth Organizations Caucus, a WAGGGS and World YWCA side event, took place before my panel event and it was another highlight of my day. It was very empowering to see youth being consulted on a level that will hopefully influence policy.

Overall, it was a great day and I am happy to be part of this lucky young group of women representing WAGGGS at the 53^rd United Nations Commission the Status of Women.

Nomusa Taylor-Dube, Canada

You can find more information on the Youth Organization Caucus at the Young voices at CSW blog.

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Anne Lariviêre, GGC - 7 March 2009 - 7.31PM (GMT)

Hi Nomusa
Thank you for your substantial contributions to the UN session, and for sharing your experiences in Ghana that will help us all in our efforts towards a better world. Is your presentation available on the internet?

Myrtle Corkum - 4 March 2009 - 6.48PM (GMT)

Hi Nomusa,

Pleased to see you are getting so much from the conference. Congratulations on your presentation. We are very proud to have you representing Canada.

Warm regards,

Myrtle

Masha Volodina - 4 March 2009 - 5.37PM (GMT)

Dear Nomusa,

Thank you for taking part in this panel to advocate gender equality and empowerment of rural women, who make significant contributions to food security, but rarely own the land and resources.

Greetings from Rome,
WAGGGS representatives at FAO

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