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If Every Girl Could Choose Her Own Future, What Would That Future Look Like? 5 Girls Share Their Visions.
Read the story: If Every Girl Could Choose Her Own Future, What Would That Future Look Like? 5 Girls Share Their Visions.Girls around the world are navigating societal pressures, cultural norms, and barriers to safety and education that limit their dreams and opportunities. In honor of International Day of the Girl, we asked girls around the world to imagine something different: The responses we received are full of hope, possibility, and a desire to create something…
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What the Future Holds For Girls in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 shook the world. At Global G.L.O.W., we experienced that earthquake-like feeling intensely. For years,…
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Girls’ Lack of Access to Technology in India
Gender norms deeply entrenched in patriarchal societies like India often restrict and affect equitable access to technology for women and girls, particularly…
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Global G.L.O.W. Alumni in Kenya Continue to Impact the Lives of Girls
I have been a Global G.L.O.W. Partnership Coordinator for just 11 months and in that time I have had the honor of…
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The Impact of Healthy GLOW in Kenya
Phoebe Ekman is a Global G.L.O.W. Partnership Coordinator from Milele Center in Kenya. This is her account, in her own words: As…
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The Global G.L.OW. Summer Reading List
Summer 2021 is in full swing and for some, that means family vacations and time for some serious self-care. If reading is…
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Why You Should Care About Period Policy
May is an important month for Global G.L.O.W. and the world- it’s menstrual health month, a time set aside to educate the…
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on Girls and Young Women in India
It seems to be a vicious cycle of events unfolding all over again, but this time much worse than what India witnessed…
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COVID-19 and the Rise of FGM in Kenya
Think back to when you were a teenage girl. You probably attended school, spent time with friends, and longed to fit in.…
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Overcoming Covid-19 on a Global Scale
The United States and other wealthy countries are in the midst of vaccine rollout to create herd immunity for Covid-19 and it…
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