A Huffington Post writer wrote an article saying Twitter is for girls. The writer – Michael Wolfe used many old stereotypes about women to validate his viewpoint. And this is very troubling to many of us on the Because I am a Girl team.
Wolff assumes Twitter is for girls because the very nature of this [...]
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My experience during the Women in the World Summit – Donnady reporting
The event at the Daily Beast with Katie Couric was my last event in New York. I felt a little nervous because I know that Queen Rania of Jordan will be there and that our segment will come after hers. Kakenya* told me “you will shine” to which Yolanda* added “she will be good” and [...]
Marriage isn’t always a big white princess dress and a sparkly diamond.
Girls (me included!) have a tendency to daydream about their big day, picking out colour schemes and perfect dresses in their head, and imagining walking down the aisle with Mr. Right.
I want you to channel your wedding daydreams in a different direction today as we look at marriage as it is often experienced by impoverished [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An International Bill of Rights for Women (by Guest Blogger Tania Khojasteh)
The United Nations is known for its declarations and conventions – they’ve even got one on the rights of women called the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). CEDAW
“is often described as an international bill of rights for women…it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an [...]
What is microcredit and how does it work for women? by Guest Blogger Melanie Gorka
Small is better: microloans go a long way in creating economic security in developing countries and Plan has many microcredit programs that help women and children to have sustainable incomes all while being involved in their communities. But what is microcredit exactly?
My professor once told this story to describe how microcredit works:
On his way to [...]
Young women, Motherhood and Education – A Guest Post from Melanie Gorka
The summer after I finished my first year of University, I worked at a home for pregnant and mothering teens. It had been open for about a year and housed up to four girls at any given time. The space was a safe place for girls to live while they were pregnant or new mothers. [...]
Where in the World: El Salvador
El Salvador is a small Central American country where Plan has worked for more than 30 years. It is also home to 13 girls that are part of the Because I am a Girl study (following 140 girls from birth to age nine in several countries around the world to see how the fact that [...]
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