Saskatoon will host a special event Saturday to celebrate International Day of the Girl.
The event will take place at the Emmanuel Anglican Church on Dufferin Avenue and will feature a number of activities.
Local IDG organizer Paula Bruckard says one of the highlights will be a screening of the award winning documentary Girl Rising.
“It’s focused on nine individual girls and those girls worked with a local author, a famous author from their country each, to write their stories,” she says. “And then an internationally known actress is giving voice to their stories, so they’re the narrator.”
International Day of the Girl is a global movement targeted at educating and empowering females 19-years-of-age and under and Bruckard says this particular demographic often gets overlooked.
“The Canadian government and Plan Canada are instrumental in lobbying the UN to get it established,” she says. “It’s primary focus is on developing nations because they’ve found that if they fund women, then the money obviously goes to women who are over 19 and if they fund children, then the money tends to go to boys.”
The event will also provide an opportunity to make donations to sponsor five girls for a year through World Vision, Egadz Baby Steps and Michael’s House program for young mothers.
It runs from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.