From a young age, students must take standardized tests for academic advancement or societal accolades. A test score can stand between a student and her dream university or will decide whether she has the freedom to drive. It is imperative that young women adequately prepare for high-stakes tests, so they can surge forward and achieve greatness. Here are some of the most common tests a young woman may encounter in her adolescence and methods to help her succeed. Academic Standardized … [Read more...]
Young Woman’s Guide Improving High-Stakes Testing Results
September 24, 2015 by Team Celebration
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Back to School Anxiety, By Dr. Joan Simeo Munson
September 8, 2015 by Team Celebration
Empowering Parents says: "As the start of the school year approaches, have you seen your first grader go into meltdown mode at the mention of school, or watched your soon-to-be kindergarten student regress back to baby talking and thumb sucking? Rest assured that you’re not alone. Each fall, millions of parents deal with their children’s beginning-of-the-year anxiety. For younger children starting school—whether it’s pre-school, kindergarten, or a transition into the first or second … [Read more...]
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Post-2015 Summit at UN headquarters, NYC: SEPT 25-27
September 1, 2015 by Team Celebration
More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September at UN headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the summit “will chart a new era of sustainable development in which poverty will be eradicated, prosperity shared and the core drivers of climate change tackled”. The Summit will be the climax of a negotiating process that has spanned more than … [Read more...]
Big Business For Women Studying MBAs
August 24, 2015 by Team Celebration
In the traditionally male-dominated world of business education, women are creating a major change as around 10% more females opt to study an MBA compared to ten years ago. This new appetite for business is exciting news for industries and economies around the world as these ladies are potentially the new female leaders of our future. In America, the Harvard Business School Class of 2016 is made up of 41% women and Stanford Graduate School of Business reported enrolment of 42% women — a … [Read more...]
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The Human Capital Report 2015
June 22, 2015 by Team Celebration
A nation’s human capital endowment - the skills and capacities that reside in people and that are put to productive use - can be a more important determinant of long term economic success than virtually any other resource. The Human Capital Report details the findings of a new Index which measures countries on their ability to develop and deploy healthy, educated and able workers through four distinct pillars: Education, Health & Wellness, Workforce & Employment and Enabling Environment. … [Read more...]
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‘Where is the Money for Women’s Rights?’
May 22, 2015 by Team Celebration
20 years of Shamefully Scarce Funding for Feminists and Women’s Rights Movements For decades, the women’s rights movement and women’s rights organizations have been severely underfunded. AWID research in 2010 revealed that the median budget for 740 women’s organizations all over the globe was a miserly US$20,000. 'In the same year, as a point of reference, the income for Save the Children International and World Vision International was US$1.442 billion and US$2.611 billion … [Read more...]
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The Incheon Declaration, the Future of Education
May 21, 2015 by Team Celebration
World Education Forum adopts Declaration on the Future of Education INCHEON, Republic of Korea, May 2015 – A transformative vision for education over the next 15 years has been adopted at the World Education Forum, which concluded today in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The Incheon Declaration was welcomed by the global education community, including government ministers from more than 100 countries, non-governmental organizations and youth groups. It encourages countries to provide inclusive, … [Read more...]
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Empowerment for all, the ‘New Normal’
March 30, 2015 by Team Celebration
Empowerment is a complex concept with multiple interpretations in different context. In the broadest terms, it refers to increasing the economic, political, social, educational, gender, or spiritual strength of an entity or entities. Sociological empowerment often addresses members of groups that social discrimination processes have excluded from decision-making processes through - for example - discrimination based on disability, race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. Empowerment as a … [Read more...]
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Margot Franssen – WOMAN of ACTION™
February 27, 2015 by Team Celebration
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this Canadian woman leader that is devoting her life to the betterment of our youth, with a focus on the issue of the Human Trafficking of girls in Canada. “It doesn’t matter how you fight the good fight – just fight with passion. It doesn’t matter how much you share your personal affluence to influence social change – just give a bit more than you thought you could.” WOMAN of ACTION™ Margot … [Read more...]
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5 Things You Said About Action In 2015, action.org
February 5, 2015 by Team Celebration
Photo credit: ONE Campaign More than 21,000 people from over 80 countries came together to push for action in 2015 to create a better future for people and the planet. This year, world leaders are working with the United Nations on two agreements that will profoundly affect our future: a climate change agreement and the next set of global goals to tackle poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, and other pressing challenges. These agreements provide a historic opportunity to put our … [Read more...]
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INFOGRAPHIC, Why Educating Women/Girls Matters
February 5, 2015 by Team Celebration
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End a Rape Culture, “No means No” ~ “Yes means Yes”
January 20, 2015 by Team Celebration
We live in a culture in which rape and sexual violence is expected and accepted as a norm. In Canada 1 in 4 women in will experience at least one incident of sexual assault in their life. Half of these assaults will be against women under 16 years of age. “YES MEANS YES!” Hi. We’re Tessa and Lia, two grade 8 students who’ve started a petition to make sure our peers know what we mean when we say that. The goal of our campaign, “We Give Consent” is to make consent a topic in the Ontario … [Read more...]
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Emotional Intelligence, ‘missing link’ in Performance?
January 13, 2015 by Team Celebration
When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of success—IQ. Decades of research now point to emotional intelligence as the critical factor that sets star performers apart from the rest of the pack. Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability to … [Read more...]
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UN WOMEN – Post 2015 Development Agenda
December 19, 2014 by Team Celebration
UN Women Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda In its position paper, UN Women advocates for a stand-alone goal in the post-2015 development agenda to achieve gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment, one that is grounded in human rights and tackles unequal power relations. Along with the stand-alone goal, UN Women is calling for integration of gender equality concerns throughout the other priority areas and goals of the post-2015 development agenda, with clear targets … [Read more...]
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Human Trafficking of Children must STOP!
December 4, 2014 by Team Celebration
Human/Child Trafficking Overview Elements Of Human Trafficking Act Means Purpose On the basis of the definition given in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, it is evident that trafficking in persons has three constituent elements; The Act (What is done) Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons The Means (How it is done) Threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits … [Read more...]
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