No Time For Fear — Politicking Girls: Malala’s Return to Pakistan

Apr 16, 2018 | Blog

Last month, education and human rights activist Malala Yousafzai returned to her native Pakistan for a short visit. The 20-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner gave a brief speech about her homecoming and the state of girls’ education in Pakistan and worldwide. It was...

No Time For Fear — Politicking Girls: Girls of The March For Our Lives

Apr 2, 2018 | Blog

Last weekend in Washington D.C., all around the United States and all over the world, hundreds of thousands of people rallied for and pleaded with the federal government to enact sensible gun control. The March for Our Lives movement sprung out of the Marjory Stoneman...

Exhibition Review: Beyond Suffrage

Feb 9, 2018 | Blog, Review

In November 2017, I had the opportunity to go to a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York about women in politics — obviously my favorite topic! The exhibition, Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics, traced women’s political...

No Time For Fear — Politicking Girls: Nigerian girls in politics

Feb 5, 2018 | Blog

In this latest No Time For Fear column, I want to share a Reuters article that I came across recently. Nigeria is having its general election in 2019; this alone is cause for worry. Female politicians and civil society leaders have said that women are not likely to...

New Year, New Senior Staff

Jan 23, 2018 | Blog

A new year often brings change: for many, new resolutions or re-commiting to past pledges come with the start of a new year. Here at Girl Museum, as we’re entering our 9th year (!), we realized the need to add to our senior staff. As we continue our resolution...