If you’re still feeling Olympic withdrawal after Vancouver’s Winter Games earlier this year, we have good news for you!   As we speak, hundreds of youth from all over the world are competing in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Events include everything from archery, to judo, to triathlon. There are tons of Canadian girls [...]

Did you know that tomorrow is World Humanitarian Day? I must admit, I have a general idea of what a humanitarian is — someone famous who helps the world — but I needed to have a closer look at what being a humanitarian actually is. According to thefreedictionary.com, a humanitarian is “One who is devoted [...]

Oh this has been great. We’re about to do our very last show and I’m missing this already.  Over 30 schools from Vancouver to Winnipeg.  Hundreds of girls, and some boys too.  Honestly, it has been so fun!  Girls,  if any of you are reading this, I love you!!! I love it when you ask [...]

Ndungu and Sarah, who ran the Edinburgh Marathon for girls recently (and Ndungu in a kilt, no less), share with us why girls are worth running a marathon for: Ndungu’s List: In poor countries, girls are often more marginalized than boys and therefore need a helping hand. Running 42 kilometers in 30 degrees heat seems [...]

Check it out!  Plan staffers Sarah, Ndungu and Sangita are hitting the road to compete in the Edinburgh Marathon in less than a week!  Don’t they look tough? They’re half way to their goal of raising $5000 to support the Because I am a Girl campaign.  If you believe in the cause that they’re taking [...]

Maddy and her mom, Sara, set a goal to raise $20,000 to build a residence for school girls in Tanzania.  After pulling off a very successful Mother’s Day Run for Girls this weekend, they did it! Even though it was a very chilly weekend, 320 participants showed up to run in the 5k and 1k [...]

When we think of child soldiers, the image of a young boy with a gun is often what comes into our head. One of the HotDocs screening next week at the Canadian Documentary Film Festival reminds us that girls also make up ranks in child armies, and not just as commanders wives or cooks, but [...]

The Film: South Africa’s Rough Aunties clean up messes. Community messes, like helping children to access child services after being abused, supporting the police department in investigations about rape and sexual assault, or console a woman who’s son had drowned in the river. This group of women, each who have experienced abuse, rape, poverty, HIV-positive [...]

This week I got a head start on Hot Docs by watching These Girls. The film was about a group of girls living on the street of Cairo, Egypt, and the issues they face on a daily basis. The film didn’t try to tell a story, reach a climax, or weigh in on the issues [...]

On Saturday night, I had to make a speech. AAAaaaaak! (*Speakers’ Bureau Girls, I don’t know how you do it!). But, it was for a good cause: Because I am a Girl, of course! A Toronto Women’s Choir, the Cantores Celestes, held a concert this weekend and donated $1000 of ticket sales to Because I [...]