ANDREW: Every year, come what May, we must make way for.

KIDS VOICES: Pickney Palav!

BUS: Ease in instrumental intro from Girl Power 

ANDREW: First up, May 2...

HASCHAK SISTERS: Girl Power, Girl Power

ANDREW: Jamaican Girls in the Information age. 

WESTWOOD GIRL: "I've always been interested in IT, especially animation, but growing up I had to battle the stereotype that only men could do these subjects."

ANDREW: In IT & media, they're now agents of change. 

REAJEAN: "We at KiDz HuB are about speaking out in the right way, being a huge part of social change" 

ALICIA KEYS: This Girl is on Fire!!! 

BUS: QUICK SEGUE TO INSTRUMENTAL VERSION UNDER VOC

ANDREW: Teenage game changer, Reajean Bennett. She'll hold down the Girls Zoom room as we welcome senior guests, Ied by MS. WYVOLYN GAGER Westwood High alumna and the first woman to head the Gleaner's editorial team. 

WYVOLYN: I walked through the door with a whole lot of apprehension in November 1994.

SFX: Happy children sounds from the Pickney Palav original promo 

ANDREW: .As we usher in Child Month 2021, We're celebrating our girls in the Information age. Add YOUR support and come... 

TAG:  Draw Long Bench an' Palav!

Veteran Journalist WYVOLYN GAGER holds court on PALAV for a Celebration of THE GIRL CHILD

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