12/03/2021
PAN-SL ORGANIZES FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR GIRLS
```The Patriotic Advocacy Network, Sierra Leone (PAN SL) has staged the first ever Public Speaking for Girls on the 8th March, 2021.```
```The event took place at the Methodist Girls High School Hall, Congo Cross, Freetown on the theme:``` *"Empower Girls to Speak Up against Teenage Pregnancy, R**e and Gender Based Violence".
```In her opening remarks, Madam Theriyeh Koroma, a member of the Board of Directors in PAN SL, applauded the leadership of PAN for bringing up such panache initiative that solely aims to empower girls. She stated that the event aims to teach, inspire and train girls on public speaking and build their minds to be able to voice out issues that are affecting them.```
```Serving as a guest speaker for the event, Mrs Pecious Amabel Lebby-Smith encouraged both pupils and parents to speak up on issues affecting them in their societies. She noted that public speaking is an essential tool to curb gender based violence in the country.```
Women and girls have the rich potentials to do better than men and boys if only they are given the equal opportunity" she noted.
```The Public Speaking for Girls featured twenty (20) schools and eight (8) judges. The event hosted over five hundred people.```
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