Princess Mabel and 'The Elders' and 'Girls Not Brides'

[principessa]

She does a great work for the rights of children and for young girls. I admire her work. Children marriages is one of the most abuse of children. Children should play, go to school, grow up in a harmonical milieu.

[Duc_et_Pair]

Fantastic lady. She matters for all those without name and face, brutallu oppressed and denied basal human rights.

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Yesterday, March 2, Princess Mabel attended the international ministers conference entitled "She Decides" to call for the inscription of the rights of women and girls on the top of international agenda in the next years, in Brussels.


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[iceflower]

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Princess Mabel attended a three-day international conference about the ending of child marriage in West and Central Africa in Dakar, Senegal, this week:


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[carlota]

mabel is scheduled to attend next week the oxford union at oxford university to talk about her role as Chair of Girls Not Brides.

Mabel van Oranje
Event Start: 29th November 2017, 8:00pm

Chair of Girls Not Brides

A dynamic international human rights activist, Princess Mabel is best known as the Chair of Girls Not Brides, as well as CEO of The Elders, an ethical campaign group founded by Nelson Mandela and chaired by Kofi Annan. Prior to this, she founded War Child Netherlands, an NGO which provides assistance to children in areas of recent conflict. A member of the Dutch royal family, her commitment to campaigning and activism has been unwavering. In recognition of this, the World Economic Forum counts her among their 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow

https://www.oxford-union.org/node/1599

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Here are two photos of Princess Mabel at the Oxford Union yesterday, November 29:


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[LadyFinn]

Princess Mabel was interviewed shortly at a document shown on Monday at finnish TV Channel MTV about Martti Ahtisaari, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2008 and the former President of Finland.
Princess Mabel was interviewed because she has worked with president Ahtisaari at the Elders Group.

[carlota]

you may enjoy this video of mabel talking about her humanitarian action and her career at the oxford union:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDf4DpHX_MQ

[yvr girl]

Originally Posted by carlota

you may enjoy this video of mabel talking about her humanitarian action and her career at the oxford union:

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed this talk very much. Quite inspiring.

[iceflower]

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Princess Mabel is in Indonesia since yesterday to visit "End Child Marriage" projects. Today, March 5, she and the accompanying team visited a school and a project in Kediri, West Lombok:


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Princess Mabel with the "Girls Not Brides" members meeting in Jakarta today, March 6:


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Still in Jakarta today, March 7, Princess Mabel met with Retno Marsudi, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs (she had been Ambassador of Indonesia to the Netherlands from 2012 - 2015):


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[Duc_et_Pair]

Princess Mabel has such a zest and drive for her goals. Fantastic.

[carlota]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

Princess Mabel has such a zest and drive for her goals. Fantastic.

indeed. she is a passionate, involved person. my opinion of her definitely changed massively since she first married into the family. i am so impressed she continues to use her position in the best way to inspire change, and didn't just lock herself up following the death of friso and just attended red carpet events every now and again.

[iceflower]

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Today March 8, Princess Mabel attended the Youth Voices Against Child Marriages event in Jakarta where 100 young Indonesian activists were able to share their ideas how to end child marriage:


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[eya]

Today Princess Mabel attends at a press conference about the presentation of the Geuzen Medal to organization Girls Not Brides in Vlaardingen , Netherland

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Today, March 13, Princess Mabel received the Geuzenpenning for Girls Not Brides during a ceremony in Vlaardingen. Princess Beatrix was present as well:


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Princess Mabel is currently attending the 2018 IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington DC.

Here's an interview she has given on April 18:


** worldbank: Spring Meetings 2018 Global Voices: Interview with Mabel van Oranje **

She also met with Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), that same day:


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Princess Mabel and Lyric Thompson, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the International Center for Research on Women, participated in the BBC Radio 4 show Woman's Hour on May 22 and talked about how to end child marriage:


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Princess Mabel participated in the European Development Days in Brussels today, June 6. This year's theme is "Women and Girls at the Forefront of Sustainable Development: protect, empower, invest".


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