Right now I’m blogging from Europe, visiting family and working from little cafes while sipping cappuccinos. Sigh. Tough life. But Europe isn’t all berets and cobbled streets. The Roma population is Europe’s largest minority group, and its most vulnerable. We don’t often think about Europe as being a place with inequality and exclusion, but these [...]

Today I learned that its possible to see gender discrimination as divided into five areas: invisibility, capacity, physically and mentally, family and household responsibilities, and traditions and customs. Invisibility This includes pre-birth gender selection, lack of birth registration and public environments, which are unsafe for girls, marginalising them and discouraging their visibility. Capacity This affects [...]

Looking around the world you can see lots of statistics and numbers about women experiencing violence, inequality and poverty. A special Because I am a Girl report on The State of the World’s Girls says, “Discrimination against girls and young women remains deeply entrenched and widely tolerated throughout the world.  Many of the challenges girls [...]

Yesterday some girls told us about the different ways they’ve experienced gender discrimination.  One told us of how she plays hockey with boys.  The boys make fun of her for being a girl and whisper about her being weak.  Another girl said she challenged a boy in her class who said ‘girls should only be [...]