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homegirls & handgrenades: BloomBeautiful

homegirls & handgrenades: BloomBeautiful

for L, my sister who is unwittingly teaching me forgiveness

Mar, 11
Get Inspired: Young girls and leadership

Get Inspired: Young girls and leadership

How did the 2008 US elections affect young women and girls? supreme being has a new post about a recent survey conducted by the Girl Scout Research Institute.

Mar, 09
Culture finds: MLK in India, immigration reform and girls on bikes in Ghana

Culture finds: MLK in India, immigration reform and girls on bikes in Ghana

Ghana, 2008: Rahinatu, age 15, and Sherifatu, age 16, at attend school in the town of Tarikpaa. The bicycles nearby were distributed through a UNICEF-funded program to help cut children’s travel time in rural areas, where long distances are a major barrier to girls’ school enrollment.

Jan, 18
Quote #3

Quote #3

"Empowering girls not only to believe in themselves but to believe that they can overcome many hurdles makes a world of difference." — Penina Mlama, Executive Director of Camfed Tanzania and former Executive Director of Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

Dec, 03