I recently watched The True Cost of Fast Fashion, a powerful documentary about the production of cheap fashion clothes and the exploitation of workers in countries such as India, Bangladesh, China and Thailand. Such countries offer little-to-no workers unions, few...
Our April News Roundup episode of GirlSpeak featured so many incredible girls! I was so happy and inspired to see all of these stories, and also sad because our podcast was only able to recap their stories rather than detail their achievements. To that...
To girls in some Western countries, this time of year means eating leftover Halloween candy, for American girls it also means looking forward to a Thanksgiving feast. However, to many girls in the US and all over the world, this time of year means the celebration of...
How did you celebrate the UN’s International Day of the Girl Child? This year I was fortunate enough to celebrate with Brown Girl Surf at an event held at Patagonia San Francisco on Tuesday, October 8th. Brown Girl Surf is a San Francisco Bay Area...
Neetu Chandra, an Indian actress and model, is also a highly trained martial artist! Rape is everywhere. Most girls (and boys) will have to face rape during their lifetimes. But what should we do about it? While changing our attitudes towards rape and rape victims is...
