Water and the environment are global issues, but did you know that they’re also girls’ issues? Today we’re kicking off a month-long focus on water and the environment. Here’s a roundup of posts I’ve written in the past to get you started! Girls are the world’s water gatherers: Almost the first thing you hear about [...]

Girls crossing borders are in search of a better life. But their dreams can become nightmares if they don’t find what they were looking for when they reach the other side. Illegal crossings, especially without identity papers, leave girls open to trafficking. Refugee girls often face challenges accessing their rights and finding their place in a new [...]

A rite of passage is a ritual – often a ceremony – marking an important milestone in our lives. Girls and boys have some milestones in common – like becoming an adult or getting married – but others are unique to our gender. Coming of Age Moving from childhood to adulthood is an important event [...]

Education and toilets. What’s the connection? Find out in today’s World Toilet Day post: Humans and human waste don’t mix Dangerous parasites, microbes and chemicals often make their home in human feces and other wastes. “Sanitation” means preventing humans from coming into contact with wastes, whether they are from humans, animals, farms or industry. In Canada, [...]

Girls’ empowerment isn’t just good for girls themselves – it’s good for economies. What’s an economy? The economy is the way a country manages its money and resources (such as workers and land) to produce, buy, and sell goods and services. Goods are products like cars, computers, or even corn. Services are duties performed by [...]

Africa may seem like a world away…but despite the distance and the challenges many African girls face, they are not so different from you and I. They babysit, like this girl in Malawi They do the laundry in Benin They play it up for the camera with their friends in Niger They play team sports, like these [...]

Shelter is a basic human right. Let’s travel around the world to see what ‘home’ means for girls! Laos – Children play around a traditional Laotian home on stilts. Indonesia – Two girls sit in the living room of their home built by Plan after the tsunami of 2004. India – A girl holds her [...]

Salimah Ebrahim has travelled the world to cover some of the most important stories of our generation. She became an environmentalist at age 11 and a journalist at 17. Today she speaks out on the role of women in the peace movement using her experience as a reporter in the Middle East and North Africa. [...]

When it comes to that “time of the month” and keeping tidy, Canadians girls are fortunate, as the majority of us have unlimited access to clean water that is piped directly into our home. Whether at home, school or in the community, Canadian girls really don’t have to worry about letting their periods slow them [...]

Is romance in the air where you are? Valentine’s Day is looming and stores are stuffed with everything heart shaped. Is it overkill or never enough? We want to know what YOU think about about it! This month, Because I am a Girl is celebrating Valentine’s Day, but we’re thinking about causes we love and how [...]