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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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COVID-19 In Kenya: How Girls Are Being Impacted
COVID-19 is a global pandemic. By its very definition, it has reached nearly every country around the world and has impacted just…
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She Lives and Smiles Again
Editors Note: The following is a powerful story written by Sally Wairerah, a Global G.L.O.W. mentor in Kenya. “Everybody needs someone…
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The Mentor Effect: How Mentors are Helping to Change the Lives of Girls in the Bronx
I am a licensed clinical social worker who has worked in the field for 19 years and have been working in New…
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Back to My Roots: How It Felt to Celebrate IDG Alongside Girls From My Hometown
This year, Global G.L.O.W. celebrated International Day of the Girl locally with two of our HerStory partners in The Bronx: Bronx Academy…
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IDG 2019: Stand With Girls to Help Them Change the World
Dr. Ugochi Ohajuruka is a public health practitioner and the founder of Global G.L.O.W. HerStory partner Health Aid For All Initiative (HAFAI)…
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The Girl That Knew She Could
Jun was just 14 years old when she left her village in Thailand and traveled to the city to be a part…
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Social Emotional Learning and HerStory: What It Is and Why Its Important to Us
At its core, Social Emotional Learning is “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and…
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Stop the Stigma: Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019
Every day girls around the world still face insurmountable challenges related to their period. 250 million girls in low- and middle-income communities…
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4 Activities to Manage Stress and Practice Self-Care
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to not only increase the conversation around mental health in general, but also to…
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