Girl Scouts from Northern Luzon region in the Philippines, Francine Beatriz Pradez, Melody Estrada and Brisha Eryka Recto, have organised a poster-making contest as part of their Girl Powered Nutrition (GPN) advocacy campaign.
Girl Powered Nutrition is a global programme from WAGGGS promoting girl led change through education on the importance of a balanced, healthy lifestyle and enabling girls to be agents of change in the fight to stop malnutrition continuing from one generation to the next. The programme equips Girl Guides and Girl Scouts with the tools needed to take action against the many injustices around gender and nutrition. In Philippines, Girl Scouts are campaigning to decrease the prevalence of obesity and promote healthier eating habits amongst Filipino adolescent girls.
As part of this campaign, Advocacy Champions in the Northern Luzon region (Francine, Melody and Brisha) have launched an online educational campaign ‘Put Your Best Fork Forward’ on social media , promoting better eating habits and helping to simplify food labels and plan to reach at least 1,150 girls and young women by April 2020.
The girls have also launched a poster competition in which 30 Girl Scouts in the region participated to design a poster that will raise awareness of the existing Department of Education Order no. 13 series of 2017, which prohibits the sale of unhealthy food and beverages in schools. The Order is not widely known or followed by many schools, and many young people are left with no choice but to eat unhealthy food in schools as that is all that is available.
