Monthly archives: October 2010

Rocket Girl weighs in about girl power in the saddle
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An interview with Jen Fawcette (aka Rocket Girl), girl cycle blogger extraordinaire! When she's on her bike, Jen Fawcette sees her legs as "jet engines," propelling her up h[...]

Girls on the Hill: Guest Post from the Because I am a Girl Speaker's Bureau
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(Because I am a Girl Speaker's Bureau Members at the Technical Roundtable L-R: Manar, Amy, Saba, Yasmin, Maneesa, Zahra) When we were told that we'd be going to Ottawa for th[...]

5 Awesome Last-Minute Halloween Costumes (that don't have to be sexy)
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Halloween is my 100% all-time super favourite day of the year. Before this halloween is over, I've already decided what I'm going to be the next year. I love the way that Halloween[...]

Girls Speak Up for Girls on Parliament Hill
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We're always talking about how girls need a voice. Well, today, we've got it! Yesterday, 6 girls from the Because I am a Girl Speakers Bureau (you've already met some of them he[...]

Cyberspace: Giving girls the chance to take power in their own lives
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The last thing Leah Stuart-Sheppard expected to find in the cramped alleys of the Mathare Valley slum in Kenya was a computer lab. But find it she did, and there she met two youth[...]

One in 6 people on the planet don't get enough to eat - And most of those are girls
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Does this map look distorted? It is. Instead of presenting the world according to area, this map's distorted country size shows the proportion of all underweight children i[...]

5 Reasons Not to Take Access to Clean Water for Granted
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IMAGINE: Walking for hours to collect water for your shower, drinking water or laundry. 40 Billion Hours: African women walk over 40 billion hours each year carrying cisterns weig[...]

When Disaster Strikes, Girls Rights Are Swept Away
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Girls in the developing world have to work harder than boys to get on top, whether it's in education, career, or just life. When natural disaster strikes, like in Haiti and Paki[...]

Thanksgiving: It's a Girl Thing
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To celebrate thanksgiving this weekend I headed down to Seattle to visit some Canadian friends and cook them a giant turkey (because American thanksgiving isn't until November). S[...]

What are we thankful for?
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Yesterday I did a minisurvey among some pretty amazing girls in my life. I asked them two questions: what are you thankful for this thanksgiving, and how do you plan on celebrating[...]