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Campaign for “Love and Freedom” Changes Lives in Nicaragua

Surrounded by their audience in a spacious room, a dozen young people dressed in black perform flash theater: a boy hands a bouquet of flowers to a girl; two girls embrace while a boy looks on in disgust; a girl hands a condom ...
by Sara Van Note
 
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“TECH Needs Girls” Campaign Promoted in Skopje

On April 26th, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Skopje, Macedonia launched the first promotional campaign “Girls in technology” marking the UN’s International Telecommunications Union “TE...
by Aldina Dzebo
 
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Sudanese American Women Are Encouraged to Further Education

Women who left the worn-torn country of Sudan were given a clear message at a recent conference: the path to success in the United States is paved by education. The 2012 Sudanese Women’s Empowerment Conference was held in Wes...
by Jana Melpolder
 
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More than just Kony; Uganda Boasts Advances in terms of Education and Womens Empowerment

 In light of Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign, Uganda has been receiving an unprecedented amount of public attention in the United States. However, many Ugandans worry that the campaign fails to capture the advances t...
by Amy Sevegny
 
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Girls Score “Goal against Machismo” in Nicaragua

On a dusty pitch under intense tropical sun, 22 adolescent girls battle for control of the soccer ball.  The team “Stars of Tomorrow” trades kicks with their rivals for today, the “Crazy Girls.”  The girls come to the...
by Sara Van Note
 
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Terrorist Poisoning Targets a Girls’ School in Afghanistan

Although the Taliban banned women from formal education from 1996 to 2001, women and girls have been returning to school in recent years. Unfortunately, places with public support for the Taliban, especially in southern and eas...
by Jonathan Davidson
 
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Former Girls’ Education Activist Rises to Malawi Presidency

The Republic of Malawi, an ex-British protectorate formerly known as Nyasaland in eastern Africa, has a new president with an activist past. Former Vice President and education champion Joyce Banda was sworn in as the President...
by Tiffany Tsai
 
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UNESCO Launches World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education

Education is recognized as a universal human right  by the United Nations, yet even in many countries where universal primary education has been instituted, women are left to struggle against inequalities in access, opportunit...
by Tait Mandler
 
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Women Alumnae Show the Power of the “Girl Effect”

How can international aid and development organizations elicit real change? Certain organizations are a real inspiration, and have found ways to make their money and effort go further. One way to do this is to utilize the “gi...
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TechWomen: Female Empowerment and Technology

In 2010, the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced a program called TechWomen, an effort to empower women from the developing world working in the technology-related fields, inclu...
by Tait Mandler
 
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Women Empowerment Gets a New Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Thirty-one projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, collectively worth $10,829,478, will now be funded by NEPAD Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment. The program will allow for increased development and empowerment of women. The p...
by Amanda Bragg
 
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Women’s Day Education Tribute in Free Pictures

We love giving you open content pictures, and International Women’s Day is as good an excuse as any. In fact, it’s such an important day that we’re going to include some facts and quotes about female education...
by Michael Jones
 
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Efforts to Promote Women in Science are Successful in East Africa

In East Africa, science has traditionally been viewed as a male domain.  In Kenya, only 12% of math and science majors are women. But efforts have commenced to promote women in science – both as students and leaders.  O...
by Jessica Wheeler
 
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Girls Outstrip Boys in International Test Progress in Middle East

This month, the Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates revealed results from the country’s first run in a worldwide standardized test. The verdict? There exists an “alarming gender gap”–with g...
by Tiffany Tsai
 
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How The Barefoot College is Helping the Rural Poor

In Tilonia, India, an innovative approach is being taken to offer the world’s poorest the opportunity to create their own futures with dignity and self-respect. The Barefoot College, founded in 1972, wants to help rural c...
by Tait Mandler
 
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United Nations Calls on World to Put Women and Kids First

It’s a great feeling when people in high places share our worldview. In recent public comments, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the UN stressed the importance of empowering women and youth, especially those at the cente...
by Gabriela Horbaty
 
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The Fight to End Female Genital Cutting in Africa

Female genital cutting used to be one of the most serious problems faced by African women. From a very young age, girls experienced genital cutting at the hands of family members, friends or community leaders. Female genital cu...
by Gabriela Horbaty
 
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Girls Not Brides: A Startling Look at One of the World’s Worst Problems

Child marriage takes 10 million girls a year.  It takes away their childhood and denies them their rights to health, education, and security. Desmond Tutu and The Elders believe great change can happen during our generation. ...
by Travis Thompson
 
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Nicaragua: New Law Aims to Stop Violence Against Women

Nicaraguan women are celebrating the passing of a new law that’s considered very important for the protection  of women’s  rights.  The first chapter of the law (called “Integral Law Against Women’s V...
by Gabriela Horbaty
 
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Somali Women’s Basketball Team Defies Threats, Gender Discrimination, and War

I’m not a huge sports fan, but this basketball team is one of the biggest inspirations to women, education, and humanity I’ve ever seen.  The women’s team from war-ravaged Somalia made history by beating Qata...
by Travis Thompson
 
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It’s a Girl! Shocking Documentary Coming Soon

In our world today girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls.  This happens in places like India, China and many other countries.  The United Nations reports about 200 million girls are missing tod...
by Travis Thompson
 
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Abortion Ban Creates Difficult Situations in Nicaragua

In 2008, an abortion ban was implemented in Nicaragua affecting the lives of  thousands of women. This abortion ban makes no exception for terminating pregnancies that put women’s lives at risk. Not only are women affect...
by Gabriela Horbaty
 
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Oprah’s First Grads in South Africa

Oprah Winfrey was on hand to hug, joke and celebrate with the first 72 girls to graduate from her school in South Africa.  The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls was founded five years ago with $40 million from Oprah. ...
by Travis Thompson
 
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Study: Unsafe Abortions Plague Developing World

A new study published in The Lancet has some startling news on women’s health in the developing world. According to the study, 47,000 women died from unsafe abortions in 2008.  The study also reports 8.5 million women ha...
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China First, India Last, Girls Take the Lead in Education

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has released the latest OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results for ten economies. PISA is an international comparative survey of 15-year-olds’...
by Michael Jones
 
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The Girl Effect on Ending World Poverty

We’re encouraged by the media campaigns that are striving to bring awareness to the many issues girls face in the developing world.  We believe, as do organizations like Girl Effect, that empowering and educating girls a...
by Travis Thompson
 
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You’re Invited! GirlUp Twitter Party

The United Nations Foundation’s GirlUp program is throwing a Twitter party Friday morning, January 13 (EST in the United States) to virtually connect girls in Kikuube Village, Uganda with the rest of the world.  It’...
by Travis Thompson
 
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Girls in Pakistan Start Reading Thanks to Cell Phones

A Mobilink-UNESCO program to improve literacy among girls in Pakistan is gaining traction. The program uses cell phones to allow girls to exchange messages in Urdu with a teacher from the safety of their homes. Given the dange...
by Michael Jones
 
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We Love This Awesome Video

This video was produced by an org called It Only Takes a Girl.  It represents many important issues involving girls in the developing world, including education.  Best yet, the video’s well-done and captivating.  Enoug...
by Travis Thompson
 
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Radical Student Leader Voted Chile’s Person of the Year

Camila Vallejo, the 23-year-old leader of student protests that swept Chile this year, was elected “Person of the Year” in a national poll released this week.  Vallejo became the face of protests demanding free higher educ...
by Sara Van Note
 
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