Adolescent Girls Are Creating a World Without Hunger
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by The Hunger Project
13h ago
Over the past eight years, The Hunger Project-India’s Adolescent Girls’ Program has strengthened adolescent girls’ voice, agency and choice. This has been done through girls’ leadership workshops, life-skills education and need-based interventions. Peer networks in the form of Sukanya Club (Bihar) and Kishori meetings (Karnataka) are an integral element of the programme. There girls learn how to articulate their needs and advocate for change in their communities. In 2022, Gayatri, a young girl from Karnataka, India, became the vice president of the locally formed Child Rights Protection Commi ..read more
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Men and Love in Times of War and Polarisation: Photography Winners
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by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
13h ago
Zimbabwean-born Micha Serraf is the winner of WILPF’s Second International Photography Collaboration which invited photographers from around the world to respond to the theme 'Men and Love in Times of War and Polarisation'. Micha Serraf won for his series of images which he describes as "attempting to find the means and the methods of conjuring what Bell Hooks refers to as ‘feminist masculinity’. A masculinity that is abundantly concerned with reciprocal coexistence with the community in which it exists. A masculinity that is abundantly concerned with the wellbeing of women, other m ..read more
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Ana Laura Araya: The journey of starting and growing Soy Niña
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by Girls' Globe
5d ago
Ana Laura Araya is the Executive Director and Co Founder of Soy Niña, a girl-serving organization that works in urban communities in San Jose, Costa Rica. "I saw that there was a need for something in Costa Rica, and there was nothing at the time, nothing like Soy Niña." We talk about her work, about the challenges of starting and managing an organization like Soy Niña. She shares some incredibly inspirational stories from the girls in the community and some of her own. We talk about girls' self esteem, about hope and the motivation to take action.  ..read more
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Belinda Greb, USA
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by SayItForward.org
1w ago
Belinda Greb is an accomplished nature and wildlife photographer who has been influenced by her sense of belonging in, and connecting with, nature. In this episode, Belinda discusses: - growing up in a rural setting and finding solitude and peace in nature - her interest in photography and beginning her work as a professional photographer with landscape photography and transitioning to more of a focus on wildlife, photographing animals in their natural habitat, trying to capture their essence and translate that to others - the consciousness of animals - the increasing impact of climate change ..read more
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Margaret Butler: Girls’ Agency and Community-Driven Change
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by Girls' Globe
1w ago
"Local leaders have the answers, they understand the social dynamics that girls are facing, they have the connections to community, and they're often ignored." Margaret Butler is a co-founder of Amplify Girls. In the Girls' Globe Solidarity Studio, social entrepreneur Amina Umuhoza speaks with Margaret about her journey. They talk about the transformative power of girls and young women across East and Southern Africa. They also talk about girls' agency, community-driven organizations and solidarity. Watch the whole video from the Solidarity Studio ..read more
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Cynthia Enloe on the Mobilising Men For Feminist Peace Podcast
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by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
2w ago
Professor Cynthia Enloe is a world-renowned feminist theorist and writer known for her work on gender and militarism. She joins the Mobilising Men For Feminist Peace Podcast on militarised empires around the world. In this episode we discuss: - why feminism is an important framework to understand the world, - what role masculinities play in the military and militarised empires, - what militarised masculinities look like in the US today, and - why we need to fight for feminist issues even during war. Cynthia Enloe shares a lesson learned from Ukrainian feminists.Watch the clip and listen t ..read more
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Julia Lynch: Feminism, Decolonization and Girls’ Leadership
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by Girls' Globe
2w ago
Julia Lynch is the Founder and CEO of Global Girl Project. In this episode, we speak about her work with Global Girl Project and about what decolonization and feminist intersectionality in global work really looks like. Julia Lynch shares her own perspectives on navigating changemaking work, self care and more.  Over the past twenty years, Julia Lynch has worked as a Community Social Worker and Therapist in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States. She has also spent extensive time working throughout many countries in the global majority - also known as the global south. "The purpos ..read more
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4 Women Tackling Barriers to Women’s Healthcare
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by Sightsavers
2w ago
Worldwide, women don’t get the health care they need. This inequality increases their risk of disease, disability, gender-based violence and death. This is especially true for women and girls with disabilities. Sightsavers fights for women’s rights by working with partners across Africa and Asia to dismantle the barriers that prevent women and girls from accessing health care. We also challenge negative stereotypes around disability, and campaign so women and girls can exercise their right to get an education, go to work and vote. This International Women's Day Sightsavers is highlighting ..read more
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Joan Kembabazi, Uganda
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by SayItForward.org
3w ago
Joan Kembabazi is a full time gender equality activist and she actively campaigns for an end to child marriage. Joan is also the founder of Gufasha Girls Foundation.  In this episode of the Power of Stories Podcast, Joan discusses: - the reasons she campaigns and advocates for girls’ education, for an end to child marriage, for every girl’s right to thrive and to dream. - her grief in losing her best friend, Gufasha Moureen, to child marriage at age 13, and Gufasha’s death in childbirth. - beginning community work and then, in 2016, founding Gufasha Girls Foundation to honor her fri ..read more
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Nisha Benny-Varghese, South Africa
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by SayItForward.org
1M ago
Nisha Benny-Varghese is a humanitarian, storyteller and describes herself as “an aspiring Good Human Being” who tries to make a difference and inspire others to do the same.  In this episode, Nisha Benny-Varghese discusses: - volunteering at Breath of Life, a children's home in East London, South Africa, that cares for abandoned and orphaned babies until they find a suitable home for them or until they are reunited with their families… - her liberating experience ziplining in 2016 to raise funds for Smile Train to repair 42 cleft palates… - how having cerebral palsy and needing help ..read more
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