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The Girls Club Blog Has Moved!
Our Girls Club blog has moved to a brand new home on our newly designed website! Please continue to visit us and read about our growing Girls Club program HERE. See you there!
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Video: Girls Club Kenya Recites a Poem
The Girls Club in Kibera, Kenya, have created a new video of them reciting a poem. Have a look and “meet” the girls in Kenya below:
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LitWorld Girls Club Harlem Meet Arianna Huffington!
The Teen Girls Club with Executive Director Pam Allyn and Arianna Huffington Earlier this month, the LitWorld Harlem Girls Clubs had the pleasure of meeting Arianna Huffington. Ms. Huffington’s warm spirit was so inspiring and contagious, that the younger girls … Continue reading
Harlem LitWorld Girls Club Meet Arianna Huffington Tonight!
We are very excited! Thanks to all your votes, the Harlem LitWorld Girls Club won a spot on Arianna Huffington’s book tour, and she will be arriving tonight at the Polo Grounds site for a personal appearance. LitWorld Girls Clubs … Continue reading
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LitWorld Girls Club Harlem Sends a Video Message to Accra, Ghana:
A few weeks ago, the girls of Accra, Ghana, sent the Harlem Girls a letter to introduce themselves. Instead of writing a letter back, we decided to make it a little more personal and create a video, so that the … Continue reading
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Forbidden Love: A Discussion About the Nature of Love in Society by Harlem Girls Club
Above: Aisatou Bah shares her thoughts on the politics of love. By: Ruby Veridiano Like many teenage girls, my girls in Harlem are always eager to talk about love. And why shouldn’t they? Love is both exciting and exhilarating, a … Continue reading
Red Rose School from Kibera, Kenya Share Their Work
Our Girls Club at the Red Rose School in Kibera, Kenya, is led by Joyce Cherotich and Jeff Ochieng. Recently, they sent us some beautifully designed writing from their students that challenge them to answer the question, “How well do … Continue reading
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Girls at Harlem Polo Grounds Share Visions of Change.
This past Tuesday, I led the girls at the Harlem Polo Grounds in a discussion and writing exercise that urged them to talk about their purpose. Their visions of change included everything from education, women’s empowerment, child development, and the … Continue reading
Women are Integral to Peace Making.
“Whether we are discussing sustainable development, public health or peace, women are at the core,”- Ban Ki-moon “Advancing the cause of women, peace and security must be integral to our peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, not an afterthought,” -Ban Ki-moon … Continue reading
A New Report by UNICEF: Girls Education in Iraq 2010
An excerpt from AWID‘s website (Association for Women’s Right in Development): Source: Reliefweb “In Iraq the overall number of children receiving primary education has declined between 2004-05 and 2007-08 by 88,164, with no improvement in the percentage of girls enrolled. … Continue reading
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