Monthly archives: July 2011

Five Ways Soccer Can Change the Lives of Girls
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Soccer isn't just a game. By promoting leadership, teamwork, discipline, self-confidence and health, soccer is changing the lives of girls around the world. Here are five wa[...]

Girls at Work: It Makes Dollars and Sense
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Girls' empowerment isn't just good for girls themselves - it's good for economies. What's an economy? The economy is the way a country manages its money and resources (such a[...]

Blossom Lounge: Using Business Savvy to Support Because I am a Girl
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Blossom Bath & Body is proof of the power of young women. The owner, Shauna Podruzny, is a young woman herself. And she makes sure to fill her shelves with perfumes, soa[...]

Mountain biker, world traveller, girl activist and now…film maker
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Because I am a Girl Ambassador Darcy Turenne is on a quest to find other girls like her that kick butt in sports that are dominated by men. She recently launched The Eighth [...]

DIY Banks Make Education Possible For Girls
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Salamatu, a 19-year-old girl from Sierra Leone, plans to be a businesswoman. She was enrolled in business school and was on her fulfilling her dreams. But, when her father a[...]

Child Labour vs. Child Work: Q&A with Tanja Suvilaakso
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"There's a difference between child work and child labour," says Plan staffer Tanja Suvilaakso. So what's the difference? Child Work (or non-harmful child labour): Many childr[...]

Rights, Freedoms and Girls' Rights - A Glossary
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Here at Because I am a Girl, girls' rights are a big deal. But what exactly do we mean when we talk about rights and what are girls' rights specifically? Use this glossary to help [...]

Girls and the Burden of Chores
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Does your mom make you clean up your room, take out the garbage and mow the lawn? Would your mom ever ask you to skip school or homework to get these tasks done? To us, it soun[...]

World Population Day: Who will be the 7 Billionth Child?
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There are currently 6,947,267,432 people in the world. Even as I write this post, that number is increasing. Just how many people can our earth hold? This question is both an en[...]

How To Be a Socially Conscious Consumer
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We are connected to girls in the developing world through the purchases we make. Much of the food we eat and clothes we wear was grown or produced in developing countries. Girls[...]