We talked before about the basics of this summer’s G8 to be held in Ontario. But what does this mean for girls? A lot. Stephen Harper has decided to focus on maternal health during this summer’s summit (say that 10 times fast!): Every year, nearly nine million children and 500,000 women die from causes we [...]

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 [...]

Today on the bus home from my Stats Exam (yay! its over!) I came across a headline that screamed: “Muzzled Voices: A choir of activists perform a concert highlighting the lack of education opportunities for girls in the developing world.” So cool!  The group, Girls Without Voices, is part of the Because I am a [...]

The Because I am a Girl campaign has been making news! Check out some of these great articles from the last few days. The Globe and Mail calls for increased investment in girls to reduce global poverty. Belinda Stronach, in a Globe editorial piece says that investing in girls pays off in social and economic [...]