Communication

This report presents the findings from youth and adolescent consultations conducted by Olympes de la Parole Canada / Voices of Olympia Canada (VOOC), following a call by UN Women to support young feminist networks responsible for developing the CSW70 Global Youth and Adolescent Recommendations.

Olympes de la Parole Canada / Voices of Olympia Canada organized three virtual focus groups with young women aged 16 to 28. The complete list of participants' names can be found on page 10. The insights and recommendations outlined herein reflect the collective discussions and viewpoints expressed during these sessions.

We acknowledge that these recommendations will amplify the voices of adolescents and girls at the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), scheduled for March 2026. This session will focus on the priority theme: “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers.”

The English Montreal School Board has recognized a group of exceptional young women and students for their outstanding achievements in the 2024–2025 Voices of Olympia Canada (VOOC) competition

This prestigious, project-based learning initiative empowers high school girls across Canada to explore global citizenship through the lens of gender equality, human rights, and social justice.

Voices of Olympia Canada (VOOC) is proud to announce that for a fifth consecutive year, participants of their School Competition will present their work, virtually, on March 11 and 13, 2025, at the Parallel Events Forum (NGO-CSW-69), that connects civil society to the sixty-ninth Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW-68), which will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Voices of Olympia Canada (VOOC) is proud to announce that for a fourth consecutive year, participants of their School Competition will present their work at the Civil Society Forum NGO-CSW-68, organized during the Sixty-Eighth Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW-68), which will be held in New York March 11 to 22, 2024.

Voices of Olympia Canada (VOOC) is proud to announce that for a third consecutive year, participants of the School Competition will present their work at the Civil Society Forum organized during the Sixty-Seventh Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW- 67), which will be held in New York from March 6 to 17, 2023.

Participants of Voices of Olympia Canada School Competition will present their projects at the 66th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Voices of Olympia Canada is proud to lunch the third edition of the School Competition, under the theme of Climate Change. A virtual ceremony is scheduled for December 6th, 2021.

Voices of Olympia Canada received a grant of five thousand dollars from La Société des Membres de la Légion d’Honneur de Montréal.

Voices of Olympia Canada team from Montreal to attend Virtual United Nations Commission on Status of Women Meetings in New York City, March 2021.