PRINTER'S NO. 2455
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
479
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, HENNESSEY, DiGIROLAMO, KORTZ,
WILLIAMS, BURNS, BIZZARRO, LONGIETTI, MURT, CRUZ,
SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, MILLARD, HOHENSTEIN,
SHUSTERMAN, CEPHAS, DAWKINS, MALAGARI, YOUNGBLOOD, McCLINTON,
HARKINS, O'MARA, T. DAVIS, BOBACK, ROEBUCK AND KIM,
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating October 11, 2019, as the "Day of the Girl" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Equality and universal access to education for every
girl and boy are among the United Nations Millennium Development
Goals signed in September 2000 by 189 members of the United
Nations, including the United States; and
WHEREAS, On December 19, 2011, the United Nations established
October 11 as the annual "International Day of the Girl Child,"
which was first observed in 2012; and
WHEREAS, The "Day of the Girl" campaign calls on communities
across the globe to recognize that girls worldwide face many
injustices, such as violence, gender stereotypes,
discrimination, lack of education, child labor, early marriage
and economic inequality; and
WHEREAS, The goal of the "Day of the Girl" campaign is to
commence an open dialogue regarding the issues that many young
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