Women

11 Sep Helping Vulnerable Women on the Streets of Scotland

Posted at 13:33h in Community, Empathy, Gender, Girls, Homelessness, Philanthropy, Poverty, Volunteering, Women, Young People by Nicki Bradwell 0 Comments

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With the help of her friends, Nicki has been spreading bags of kindness to homeless women in central Scotland I woke up this morning to hot water for a shower, clean clothes, food to eat and a safe home and neighbourhood to live in, surrounded by...

30 May Empowering Rural Women in Turkey

Posted at 15:12h in Agriculture, Girls, Healthcare, Women, Youth by İlayda Eskitaşçıoğlu 0 Comments

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Want to empower rural women in Turkey? Give them sanitary pads! It was a few months ago. I was procrastinating– as millennials do– on Twitter. Then, I saw a tweet that upset me. The tweet was about the Turkish Language Institute (TDK), who recently updated the definition...

25 May In Conversation with Vivian Onano

Posted at 12:52h in Advocacy, Child Marriage, Children, Community, Education, Girls, Healthcare, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Policy, Poverty, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Women, Youth by Eva Grant 0 Comments

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Here’s what young changemaker Vivian Onano has to say to young people about following passions, remembering community, and making a difference in 2017 and beyond. If the term ‘old soul’ were still in vogue, twenty-something wunderkind Vivian Onano would be the bell of that ball....

17 May Reaching the Nicaraguan Coffeelands with Education

Posted at 13:53h in Agriculture, Business, Children, Community, Education, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Women by Kristin Van Busum 0 Comments

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7 in 10 children in the Nicaraguan coffeelands will not make it beyond primary school. Kristin Van Busum founded Project Alianza to provide them with the education and skills they need to break free of generations of poverty. I was raised by a single mom, and I...

10 Apr Empowering African Women for Elephant Habitat Conservation

Posted at 16:32h in Agriculture, Business, Community, Conservation, Environment, International Development, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Women by Olivier Behra 0 Comments

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ELEPHAS is a High Quality 100% Natural Beauty Line, Designed to Support Women's Involvement in Elephant Conservation When I met Aouba in the little town of Léo, in the south of Burkina Faso, I immediately saw that she could make a real difference. During my travels...

29 Mar A Voice for Girls from India to the USA

Posted at 11:41h in Advocacy, Children, Community, Education, Girls, Infrastructure, International Development, Leadership, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Women, Young People by Archana Somasegar 1 Comment

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From Building a Computer Lab & Sewing Studio for an Orphanage in India, to Becoming a Teen Advisor for the United Nations Foundation Every summer, my family would take a trip to India. On my birthday – August 15th – my entire family would pile into a gleaming white van...

10 Jan Empowering Migrant Mamas in France

Posted at 18:55h in Business, Community, Food, Migrants, Refugees, Social Enterprise, Women by Youssef Oudahman 0 Comments

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Bringing the Dreams of Talented Migrant Mamas to Life in the Restaurants of Paris What is Meet My Mama? Hi, my name is Youssef and I am the cofounder of a startup called Meet My Mama, which aims to value the culinary know-how of migrant mamas in France....

End child marriage street march, Harare, Zimbabwe

20 Dec Ending Child Marriage in Zimbabwe

Posted at 17:35h in Child Marriage, Childbirth, Children, Community, Healthcare, HIV/AIDS, Leadership, Sustainable Development Goals, Women, Young People, Youth by Yemurai Nyoni 1 Comment

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Building Youth Movements in Zimbabwe to Create Change 5 years ago I met Tecla, a youth leader at the time, who was involved in a network of young people that I was a part of. She entrusted a small group of us with her story; a...

12 Dec Becoming the Change

Posted at 18:38h in Advocacy, Empathy, Environment, Homelessness, Leadership, Philanthropy, Policy, Social Justice, Women, Young People, Youth by Stephanie David 0 Comments

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Stéphanie's Journey from UNICEF Ambassador to Red Cross Volunteer to Gender Activist to Environmental Jurist When I was contacted to tell my story, I had no idea how I should write about my life-changing experiences. I looked for inspiration from people I admired the most and I...

Girls20 Summit, G20, Gender, Women Leaders

30 Nov Cultivating a New Generation of Female Leaders

Posted at 11:45h in Business, Education, Leadership, Policy, Social Enterprise, Women, Young People, Youth by Hyo Kim 0 Comments

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“G20 Leaders must remember that our commitment to encourage & increase female labor force participation is essential. At the G20 Summit, let’s listen to the voices of the G(irls)20 delegates. These young women are not the voices of tomorrow, they are global leaders here and...