Seven years ago, Lynette Trott had never rock climbed. This month, she’s climbing Everest. And she’s climbing it for Girls.
After reading a magazine article on Plan’s Because I am a Girl campaign, she was moved enough to tackle the highest mountain on earth for the cause of girls around the world. On [...]
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Climbing to the Highest Heights for Girls
Women in the News!
Women have been in the news a lot this week, what with International Women’s Day on Monday, the wrap up of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, and Kathryn Bigalow winning the first female Best Director Oscar. Here are a couple of highlights from the news, including one on our very [...]
Five easy ways to make a difference this International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a great chance to get involved with the Because I am a Girl Campaign if you haven’t already. Here’s a couple of ideas about how you can get involved:
Tell your friends what makes you proud to be a girl in your Facebook status. And tell them to check out BecauseIamaGirl.ca.
Sign [...]
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day 2010
Tomorrow we celebrate International Women’s Day. That’s right, a day all to ourselves! This year’s theme is Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities.
To get into the mood, check out these great links:
An opinion piece at AllAfrica.com asked a good question this week: why does International Women’s Day matter?
Reuters News Agency has put together a great [...]
Conference on Women Beijing Declaration: The Basics
So, we’ve been talking about the Beijing Declaration and Commission on the Status of Women recently as three of the girls from the Because I am a Girl Speakers’ Bureau are currently in New York adding their voice to the discussion. (Read updates from Amy and Saba).
I thought it might be useful to look a [...]
DAY 1: Amy Reporting from the Commission on the Status of Women in New York
This week, the United Nations is meeting to look at how the status of women has changed in the 15 years since creating the Beijing Declaration, a commitment to achieve greater equality and opportunity for women. Three of the members of the Because I am a Girl Speakers’ Bureau are in New York to [...]
Olympic Wins Show the Power of Girls
Yesterday’s Globe and Mail front page is all about girls! Above the fold, a huge picture of Canada’s heros, the Women’s National Hockey Team stares out at you. As we’d hoped, all the ladies are biting down on gold medals! Yay Girls!
Lower down on the page it gets interesting, with an article [...]
Olympic Medalist Helps Put Power Into Girls’ Hands
If you haven’t heard already, yesterday Jenn Heil, the Olympic Silver Medalist for Freestyle Mogul Skiing and a big Because I am a Girl supporter made a big announcement: she is giving $25,000 to the Because I am a Girl Campaign!!!
Jenn and teammate Alexandre Bilodeau both decided to give money to charity after their big [...]
Can you see me? Or am I invisible?
“To survive on the streets, girls have to join one of the hundreds of gangs in Alexandria, whose joining fee is sexual abuse by older gang members. The authorities in Alexandria believe that girls who are not virgins, who are now ‘ladies’ are automatically the responsibility of their non-existent husbands. And this blind [...]
Getting to meet all these girls that rock…rocks!
Today I was thinking about the fact that even though I’ve only been involved with Because I am a Girl for a few months, I’ve already been able to meet so many girls that are doing amazing things for girls around the world. From fundraising to awareness raising, these girls kick butt!
There’s Beatrice who [...]
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