Memories of Girlhood: Adventure is out there!

Clinging to the fifth bar of the monkey bars I peered down at the ground below me; to my seven year old self it looked a long way down, even though in reality it was little more than five feet. It was my third try at the assault course that weekend and the monkey bars...

COMO AMAR: HOW TO LOVE: Episode One: Body Image

Global Girl Media is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, dedicated to empowering high school age girls from under-served communities around the world through media, leadership, and journalistic training to have a voice in the global media universe and...

Appearance before ability?

Type “women in sport” into Google and third in the list of related searches is for “hottest women in sport.” Too often, women in sport are judged not by their abilities and achievements,...

Observations in an American High School

I recently spent 11 weeks teaching history classes to high school students in a rural community in Michigan. During this time I have had the opportunity to get to know dozens of students. I have observed many things about the teenagers (especially the young ladies) in...

Drug addiction in girls on the rise globally

A female addict and her son at the U.N. funded Nejat drug rehabilitation center in the old quarter of Kabul. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/us-afghanistan-women-drugs-idUSBRE83001H20120401 The primary factors that make girls vulnerable to substance abuse...

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