Girl Effect

Hillary's Women's Rights Problem

Vishnu Sridharan | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Hillary Clinton, International Women's Rights, Human Rights, Feminist, Girl Effect, Politics News

By stating in no uncertain terms that women deserve equal treatment because of their inalienable, integral and indivisible rights, Clinton will solidify her record as one of the most influential advocates for gender equality the world has ever seen.

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Why Giving Matters: How 15 Dollars Can Educate a Girl for a Year

Michaela Haas | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: India, Girl Effect, Giving Charity, Education Girls Charity, Lotus Outreach Charity, Giving Holidays, Lotus Outreach Giving, Cambodia Girls Charity, Impact News

Americans will spend over $465 billion dollars on holiday shopping this season. Giving the gift of hope to the world's least fortunate will not only change a life, but will provide something that money couldn't buy: happiness.

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From Prostitution to... First Grade

Josh Tetrick | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: More Than Me, Education, Poverty, Girl, Africa, Liberia, Global Poverty, Development, Impact, The Girl Effect, Girl Effect, Impact News

When we invest in girls -- we all win. Our communities are stronger. Our families are healthier. And our collective future is brighter.

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Maternal Death, Equality, Women, Gender Bias, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Equity, Pay Equity, We Are Equals, Food Scarcity, Feminization of Poverty, Occupy Wall Street, Child Brides, Male Rights Movement, Girl Slaves, Patriarchy, Property, Gender, Starvation, Girl Effect, Oprah Winfrey, Half the Sky, Property Rights, Sex Slaves, Sexism, Slavery, Forbes, Stoning, Women News

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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A World of 7 Billion: Cause for Scare or Celebration?

Susan Davis | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Population, Population Growth, Global Poverty, Girl Effect, International Development, Bangladesh, Impact News

Let us not forget that a rising population of 7 billion means a greater pool from which genius and innovation can emerge.

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Unleashing The Power of The "Girl Effect"

Michaela Haas | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Cambodia, Lotus Outreach, Education, India, Child Marriage, Girl Effect, Blossom Bus, Video, Impact News

Many of us in the charitable community have already heard about the Girl Effect, a ground-breaking campaign launched by the Nike Foundation. But a recap never hurts, so here are some compelling stats to set the stage.

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A Tie-Dye Cupcake Can Change the World

Tammy Tibbetts | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Google Zeitgeist, Cupcakes, Girls' Education, Girl Effect, Lindsay Brown, Soccer, Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-Off, Nepal, She's the First, Maggie Doyne, Impact News

When Lindsay Brown, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, decided to host a bake sale in her dorm last year to fundraise for girls' education at the Kopila Valley Children's School, she had no idea that she was launching a movement.

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Pedaling Back to School: How Bicycles Bridge the Gap in Education Access For Girls in Rural Asia

Michaela Haas | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Lotus Outreach, India, Cambodia, Girl Effect, Child Labor, Bicycles, Back to School, Impact News

Hundreds of thousands of kids in India and Cambodia will be oblivious to the start of the academic year as they begin another day at work.

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Smarter Girls Make for Smarter Futures

Vivian Glyck | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Young Women, Uganda, Nelson Mandela, Education, Just Like My Child, Nike, Mandela Project, Girl Effect, Africa, Nike Foundation, Girls, Universal-Primary-Education, Impact News

It doesn't take long to see that there are few better ways to change the course of the world than to get girls into school and to keep them there. Fur...

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The Nike Foundation On Unleashing The 'Girl Effect'

Rahim Kanani | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Girl Effect, International Development, Peter Buffett, Maria Eitel, Women and Girls, Nike Foundation, Jennifer Buffett, NoVo Foundation, Advocacy, Impact News

Maria Eitel is the founding President and CEO of the Nike Foundation where she works to unleash the girl effect, the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls.

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Don't Know Melanne Verveer? Why you Should

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Vital Voices Global Partnership, Women's History Month, Children, Goldman Sachs 10, Tahirih Justice Center, Women in the World Conference, 10x10, Women's Empowerment, Plan USA, Girl Effect, The Daily Beast, Women, Polaris Project, Joint Women's Leadership Symposium, President Barack Obama, Growing Up Global, Room to Read, Rebecca Project, Global Giving, Sea Service Leadership Association, Facebook, Girl UP, Japan, Haiti, Women for Women International, Girls, Melanne Verveer, Girl Scouts, Armed Services, Three Cups of Tea, Hillary Clinton, 000 Women, Girls Inc., U.S. State Department, Impact News

Women stand at the center of every type of dramatic change occurring in the world today: whether it's coordinating relief in Japan, consolidating democracy in Egypt or running Facebook.

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For the Builders, the Planters, and the Refusers, on the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day

Eve Ensler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Eve Ensler I Am an Emotional Creature, V-Day, Violence Against Women, Democratic Republic of Congo, Girl Effect, Eve Ensler, I Am an Emotional Creature, International Women's Day, Congo, World News

When we finally have our voice and come together. When we stop turning on each other. When we stop worrying about our too frizzy hair or fat thighs. When we stop caring about making everyone so incredibly happy -- we got the power.

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Nike and Little Girls -- A Happy Secret of Viral Marketing

Paula Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, Women's Rights, Social Media, Nike, Jennifer Aaker, Children, Girl Effect, Viral Marketing, Unicef, Dragonfly Effect, Social Media Marketing, Impact News

Is there some mystery involved in using social media to make messages spread contagiously? Yes. But it's not as mystical as the gurus would have us believe.

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The Week at the Clinton Global Initiative

Isobel Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Women's Empowerment, Women Entrepreneurs, Women and Politics, Women's Rights, Girl Effect, Property Rights, World News

Some of leaders wondered whether the record attendance might have something to do with this year's focus on girls and women. As topic leaders for the Girls and Women track, such musings are music to our ears.

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Girl Effect Premieres New Video 'The Clock Is Ticking' About Global Poverty

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Clinton Global Initiative, Global Poverty, Girl Effect Clock Is Ticking, Girl Effect, Women-Poverty, Video, Impact News

GirlEffect.org, an organization created by the Nike Foundation, raises awareness and funds to help girls escape poverty around the world. The organiz...

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Peter Buffett and Angelique Kidjo Release Single to Support Girls in Africa

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, Celebs Gone Good, Batonga Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, World Bank, Omaha, Bono, Girls, Asia, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Warren Buffet, IsThereSomethingICanDo.Com, Human Trafficking, Ethiopia, Alexandria, Jim Luce, Mobile Phone, YourCause.Com, Yoruba, Technology, Swahili, Barcelona, Malaika, Philanthropy, Life Is What You Make It, Connectivity, Angelique Kidjo, Peter Buffett, Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, Mali, Ning, Kenya, Egypt, United Nations, Native Americans, Dar Es Salaam, Thought Leaders, Random House, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Paris, Girl Effect, Cellular Connectivity, Melinda Gates, West Africa, Tanzania, U.N. Day Concert, Earth Institute, Cameroon, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Africa, Bill Gates, Kofi Annan, Blood Into Gold, Facebook, Rockefeller Foundation, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Haiti, New York City, Charity, Cell Phone Technology, Artist, A Song for Everyone, Ann Veneman, Gates Foundation, Composer, World News

I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF G...

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Investing in Haitian Women: A Hand-Up Approach to Rebuilding Haiti

Kari Stoever | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microcredit, Haiti Earthquake, Microfinance, Girl Effect, Grameen Bank, Dannon-Yogurt, Women Entrepreneurs, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Grameen America, Social Business, Muhammad Yunus, President Clinton, Viola, World News

While resources are critical to support emergency relief efforts in Haiti, the bigger challenges are in finding sustainable long-term solutions that empower the Haitians to rebuild their country.

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Davos Ends With Girls at the Forefront

Maria Eitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wef, Davos, Girl Effect, Girls, Women, Maria Eitel, World Economic Forum, Impact News

The goals of the Nike Foundation are to get girls on the global agenda and to drive resources to them. After accomplishing the former at the World Economic Forum, it's time to tackle the latter.

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In the Face of Extraordinary Risk, Three Girls Demand Justice

Maria Eitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan; Developing Countries, Girls, Women, Global Economy, Girl Effect, Ethiopia, World News

Studies have shown that up to 46 percent of women in developing countries have experienced at least one episode of sexual abuse in childhood.

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Save The Girls, Save The Economy

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: CBC Radio, Women, Girl Effect, Davos, Mali, Nike, Unicef, Melinda Gates, Eve Ensler, New Radicals, World Economic Forum, Gates Foundation, The Giving Life, Vagina Monologues, Featured Contributor, Healthy Living News

The video begins with a provocative statement. "The world is a mess." And asks the viewer to agree or disagree. How would you respond? (Watch video....

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Girls' Session Steals the Show at Davos

Maria Eitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girl Effect, Davos, Global Economy, Developing Countries, Girls, Davos 2009, World Economic Forum, World News, Business News

In a meeting where people were tripping over each other to hear ideas about how to move beyond this economic crisis, CEOs and heads of state wanted to learn what girls have to do with it.

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Girls Are on the Davos Agenda... Before It's Even Started

Maria Eitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Countries, Davos, Global Economy, Girl Effect, Davos 2009, World News, World Economic Forum, Business News

I promised to blog about the girl effect from Davos, but I have to admit I didn't expect the buzz to surface before the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting had even started.

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Girls Take Center Stage At The World Economic Forum

Maria Eitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, Global Economy, World Economic Forum, Davos, Developing Countries, Girl Effect, Davos 2009, The Girl Effect, World News

This financial crisis intensifies the need to invest existing resources more effectively, and a new and effective approach is right under your nose. It's called the girl effect.

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