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 [...]

So, the G8 and G20 summits are coming to Canada and I thought I would give you a little heads up on what all the fuss is about. The terms G8 and G20 refer to two groups of countries. The Group of 8 (G8) includes France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, [...]

This Monday I’ve hand picked some great links for you to check out about girls! Read about Mother’s Day with Meaning, meet the Plan Staff who are running a marathon for girls and a “rowed warrior”, and read about what’s happening in India and El Salvador in Plan’s eJournal. Teen Vogue covers a story about [...]

The Basics: Maternal health means the health of mothers, and healthy mothers usually mean healthier babies. An article in this week’s Globe and Mail starts out with this fact: “Every day around the world, a thousand women die during pregnancy and childbirth – usually from preventable causes. The tragedy doesn’t end there, because half their [...]

So, each week I’ll try to pass on some links to the week’s most interesting and relevant news about women and girls so you can look closer at what’s happening in the world right now.  If you have something that you think I should include, let me know! Because I am a Girl report is [...]