Tags archives: speakers-bureau

Have you met our Speakers' Bureau?
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Zahra: Putting a dream of Changing the World into action Julia: Speaking up for Girls Rights Saba: The Take Action Expert Amy: When it Comes to Girls, “Ignorance is NOT Bl[...]

Zahra: Putting a dream of Changing the World into action
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"Ever since I can remember I’ve had this dream of changing the world for the better." Can you imagine if everyone in the world felt this way? Zahra, another one of our amazin[...]

Julia: Speaking up for Girls Rights
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Julia, one of the members of our Speakers' Bureau Dream Team (as I like to call it) knows exactly why she joined the Because I am a Girl movement: "It is more than just getting th[...]

Saba: The Take Action Expert
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It's time to introduce you to another one of our amazing Speakers' Bureau girls! Actually, you've met her before when she posted from the UN Conference on the Commission on the St[...]

Amy: When it Comes to Girls, "Ignorance is NOT Bliss"
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"I decided to join the movement because first and foremost, I am a girl. I have been a girl, I am a girl, and I will continue to be a girl," says Amy, a member of the Because I am [...]

Maneesa: Seeing the power of one girl
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Maneesa says that watching the Because I am a Girl commercial on TV was a "wake up call". "I have been through, seen and heard of a lot of discrimination against girls and the a[...]

Conference on Women Beijing Declaration: The Basics
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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 currentl[...]

DAY 2: Saba, Reporting From New York (Commission on the Status of Women)
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Hey, hey! I woke up and looked across from me, there was Donnady sleeping, and then I looked the other way and there was Amy. Then a sudden realization hit me…I was in New York![...]

DAY 1: Amy Reporting from the Commission on the Status of Women in New York
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This week, the United Nations is meeting to look at how the status of women has changed in the 15 years since creating the Beijing Declaration, a commitment to achieve greater equa[...]