Tags archives: girls-rights

Reading Around the World (PHOTOS)
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Literacy is basically a big word for the ability to read and write. Literacy can also refer to the ability to count and do math or use computers. Reading, writing and counting are[...]

A Girl Refugee in the Modern World
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"Climbing over razor wire fences, taking to sea in leaking boats or stowing away in airless containers, refugees and migrants around the world risk their lives every day in des[...]

Five Rights - Five Girls - Five Countries
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The idea of Human Rights, and Girls' Rights, is sometimes hard to grasp without examples, especially since our rights are so well protected in Canada. Learn more about human rig[...]

Girls' Rights: Politics and Empowerment
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“A woman is like a tea bag: you cannot tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Nancy Reagan In politics, women and girls have the right to be both voters a[...]

A Girl's Life: Living in a Refugee Camp
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“Refugees have been deprived of their homes, but they must not be deprived of their futures,” says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Forced to flee their homes because [...]

Auriane poses on the porch of a newly built house in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.

Property Rights: A Way Out of Poverty for Girls & Women
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"Owning property can be a woman's ticket out of poverty," says the International Centre for Research on Women. In Canada, we take a woman's right to own property for granted[...]

Say NO: Violence Against Girls Breach of Personal Peace
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Violence against girls & women is a breach of personal peace. Violence against women takes many forms: It can include harm to our bodies - such as physical or sexual abuse; and[...]

Global Action Week: Education for Women and Girls NOW!
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The gap between girls and boys in their education is massive. This great divide is one of the big issues driving Global Action Week: A worldwide annual campaign to raise awareness [...]

Making Girls Count to Help End Human Trafficking
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Every year, thousands of girls are born but don't receive birth certificates from the government. Birth registration means proof – not only of identity, but of existence. Gi[...]

Girls' Rights Through the Ages
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Ancient Rome and Egypt: In Ancient Egypt, women could own private property, claim inheritance, divorce and sue in court. They didn't need to be represented by a man to claim thei[...]