There are 1.8 billion adolescents and youth around the world today the largest in history. Yet the adolescents and youth that represent the world’s future especially girls and women in all their diversity continue to face major global challenges, and the ecosystem of stakeholders supporting them remains fragmented. “Girls Deliver: Pre-Conference on Adolescent Girls,” led by the Population Council GIRL Center and co-hosted by AFIDEP, AMPLIFY Girls, Baobab Research Programme Consortium, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Coalition for Adolescent Girls, Exemplars in Global Health, FP2030, Girl Effect, Girls First Fund, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, National Democratic Institute (NDI), Plan International, PMNCH, Purposeful, Together for Girls, UNICEF, Women Deliver, and The World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab, will convene the community of global stakeholders representing a variety of perspectives on supporting adolescent lives in the lead up to the Women D
president biden approving a disaster declaration to make federal funds available. as for how this fire started, right now officials don t have a credible cause. terry? zohreen shah in colorado, thanks very much for that. in south africa today, a farewell to a global icon and nobel peace price laureate, archbishop desmond tutu. his scaled down funeral today at st. george s cathedral in cape town limited to 100 mourners because of the pandemic. his simple coffin accompanied by his grandchildren and his daughter, a church minister herself spoke about her father. we say thank you, daddy, for the many ways you showed us love, for the many times you challenged us, for the many times you comforted us. archbishop tutu s remains are to be interred at the cathedral. there is much more ahead on
her 18th birthday at a syrian refugee camp in lebanon. and her words are not going unnoticed. happy birthday to you. reporter: a special day for malala the world s youngest nobel peace price laureate turned 18 on sunday and chose to celebrate it with syrian refugees in lebanon where she opened an all-girls school. the school will provide secondary education and skills training for 200 syrian girls. the female education activist dedicated the day to the plight of a people she feels have been ignored. i have a message for the leaders of lebanon, this region and the whole world.
mohammed el bear die returned to cairo vowing to join the ranks of the protesters. that s him with the bald head and glasses. joining me with his take on all this, michael holmes from cnn international. what does elbaradei bring to the opposition? good to see you. i think international credibility for one. i mean the guy s known. he s a nobel peace price laureate. the guy s got street cred. inside egypt he s admired by many in perhaps let s say the liberal elite if you like. grassroots not so sure. doesn t have a political party. he says he s just going to be on the streets friday. of course, expecting big protests friday because it s friday prayers. that s a traditional sort of protest time, as well. what s the problem for mubarak snek it s not like they re getting behind somebody. elbaradei comes in and there s no real alternative to mubarak. these protests are against mubarak. absolutely. why?