This week’s column is slightly different, as I had the opportunity to attend an event in New York City at the United Nations last week. October 11, 2017 marked the 6th annual International Day of the Girl and the 5th annual Girls Speak Out event at the United...
The earth is home to 1.1 billion girls. They form a generation of young women who will soon begin to take over and shape the future, acting as an integral force within their communities and the wider world. However, the importance of these girls is often overlooked,...
In 2011, the UN declared the 11th of October as the International Day of the Girl, to empower girls and to acknowledge the discrimination and inequality girls face on a global, and staggering, scale. The theme for the 2016 International Day of the Girl is Girls’...
To honor the third annual International Day of the Girl Child (#IDG2015), Girl Museum is celebrating with a podcast dedicated to Girls in the Museum. The podcast looks at how girls are represented in museums around the world. Featuring...
As a girl living a relatively normal life, I never dreamed that my poem would be selected to be part of the United Nation’s Girls Speak Out. The Day of the Girl Summit aims to spread awareness about gender inequalities and the lasting impressions...
