For me, doing the laundry looks something like this: Step 1: check to make sure there’s nothing in my pockets. Step 2: dump my dirty clothes in the washing machine and press go. Step 3: when the timer goes off, transfer the laundry to the dryer. Step 4: fold while watching hilarious youtube videos. For [...]

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 [...]

Did you know? Plan Canada’s work to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty is based around eight core issues. Here on the blog, we’ve got posts about how each of these issues affects girls! Here are some of your favourites: Education Why Educate? 6 Benefits of Girls’ Education Health Microscopic [...]

Clean water and safe sanitation is a major factor affecting the health of children and adults. And in many countries where this is not supplied, it is the responsibility of girls and young women to fetch water, often from a long way away. (2007 Because I am a Girl Report) I’ve written before here about [...]

I know that I take my flush toilet and hot running water for granted, but I shouldn’t. Almost half…that’s right, I said half… of the people in the world lack access to sanitation.  And almost 1 billion people still drink from unsafe water sources.  Its something that we don’t think about very often here, but [...]