NEW YORK and NEW DELHI, October 11,
2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Slew of
initiatives planned with Michelle
Yeoh to Empower the Girl Child
Celebrating 11th October as the officially declared
'International Day of the Girl Child' by the UN General Assembly,
Live to Love, the humanitarian organisation founded and promoted by
His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual head of Drukpa
Buddhists today gave a new thrust to its initiatives for the Girl
Child. Live to Love has planned a slew of initiatives along with
Michelle Yeoh (who is also their
Global Ambassador) to empower women across the world. Various Live
to Love chapters across the globe created mini events in their
areas to celebrate the first 'Girl's day'.
Live to Love chapters around the world have been working
together to empower womanhood across the world, and the United
Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare
October 11 as the International Day
of the Girl Child strengthens their efforts and resolve in this
direction. The Drukpa Kung Fu Nuns supported by the Live to Love
"Education" Initiative, perhaps the most recognised effort of women
empowerment globally, have been featured by the media in more than
130 countries. Live to Love is also actively involved in
educational projects in the remote Himalayas to educate girls. The
Druk White Lotus School (http://www.dwls.org) was established with
promoting gender equality as one of its most important
priorities.
Speaking on the subject, His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa said,
"Women make up half of the world's population. They give birth
to us, and they give us life. They are, in fact, the reason for our
being. It is extremely encouraging to note that organisations,
countries and societies are now working towards giving the girl
child a fair deal. Girls are discriminated both because of gender
and age, and this "International Day of the Girl Child" will help
to promote girls' rights as the most significant issue in the
coming decades."
During his current visit to New
York to attend a few of the current UN General Assembly
sessions, His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa spoke at the Women
Leaders Forum. "We all have to join together to help eliminate
fear, especially among women; not only women, but children and
everyone who is affected by fear. This is because everyone deserves
to be fearless and fearlessness is a part of our primordial
nature."
His Holiness is a recipient of the UN's Millennium Development
Goals Award for his humanitarian work, of which women empowerment
forms a key part.
Talking about her plans to promote women empowerment,
Michelle Yeoh said, "The
celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child is a start
of greater things to come. This is a welcome beginning. With this,
the focus has been officially placed on the need to act. I will
join hands with Live to Love on various short-term and long-term
initiatives across the globe to work for the betterment of
women."
About Live to Love
Live to Love is an international network of non-profit
organizations, founded by His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa to
create and to support lasting solutions to modern problems.
The organization focuses of education, environmental
protection, medical services and cultural preservation.
Live to Love's impacts the following regions: Bhutan, France, Germany, Hong
Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru,
Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Vietnam, UK, and USA. For more on Live to Love, visit
http://www.livetolove.org/ and
http://drukpa.mediafire.com/?1a93schvyhk0q for photographs on some
initiatives
For Further
Information, please Contact
Shreeya Roy, Live to Love,
communications@drukpa.com, +91-9350335761