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Girls Education

Carrying On My Mother's Mission: Education for Girls

YingYing Shang | Posted 05.21.2013 | Impact
YingYing Shang

Because of my mother, it has always seemed self-evident that girls could do anything they set their minds to, as long as they were given the chance to get an education. Unfortunately, many girls in the developing world are never afforded that opportunity.

Giving Girls a Chance at a Real Future With Real Choices

Jennifer Redner | Posted 05.20.2013 | Impact
Jennifer Redner

As a key player in shaping global development priorities -- priorities that include education, health care, food security, economic empowerment and ending violence against women and girls -- the United States has an important role in ending early and forced marriage worldwide.

Girls Education: Pivot Points and Ripples

Anne Robinson Wadsworth | Posted 05.18.2013 | Impact
Anne Robinson Wadsworth

When a young woman's needs of health and security are met, and she is equipped with the skills and insights to transcend circumstances, she gains the opportunity to realize her fullest potential.

For the 'Faiths' of Kenya: An Avenue

Augusta Thomson | Posted 05.21.2013 | Impact
Augusta Thomson

Walking through the streets of New York I am always astonished by the diversity of what I see, smell, taste, touch, and hear. In this country of everything, the colors run wild.

GIRL RISING: The Missing Part of the Conversation

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.16.2013 | Women
Tabby Biddle

Ruksana lives on the streets of Kolkata, India. Despite this, she excels in school, particularly in mathematics and geography. Photo provided by 10x1...

Education -- A Bridge to the Future

Daraja Academy | Posted 05.15.2013 | Impact
Daraja Academy

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgWithout a secondary school education, even the most modest dreams of improving one's station in life become just that: a dream.

Spreading Hope for a Better Future Through Education

Maeve Dunne | Posted 05.15.2013 | Impact
Maeve Dunne

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgIn India, education is not a civil right but rather a privilege that young children dream and wish to be a part of.

On Her Own Two Feet: Providing Girls in India With Hope - and Job Skills - for a Better Future

International Center for Research on Women | Posted 05.13.2013 | Impact
International Center for Research on Women

By Jennifer Abrahamson Like typical teenagers growing up in a big city, Priya and Talat are on a regular basis exposed to tantalizing possibility and...

Beyond the Classroom: Girls' Education Is Critical to Ending Child Marriage But It Is Not Enough

International Center for Research on Women | Posted 05.09.2013 | Impact
International Center for Research on Women

Once again, I recently returned to my home base in Washington, DC after spending several weeks in Ethiopia's deeply poor, yet breathtaking, Amhara region. And once again I was inspired by the sheer enthusiasm and thirst for opportunity among an often forgotten group: child brides.

A Quiet Transformation: Afghan Women's Networking Movement

Afghan Institute of Learning | Posted 05.09.2013 | Impact
Afghan Institute of Learning

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgA quiet revolution is taking place in Afghanistan. It is taking place in Learning Centers for women -- centers that have been requested and are supported by the community.

Why Invest in Women?

Amy Schoenberger | Posted 05.09.2013 | Impact
Amy Schoenberger

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgWomen in developing countries are finally starting to dream big. At young ages, they can dream of being entrepreneurs, politicians, business owners, community leaders.

Sanitary Pads: An Easy Way to Increase Girls' Access to Education

ZanaAfrica | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
ZanaAfrica

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgWhat would you do if you didn't have pads (or tampons)? Or, what would you choose not to do for fear of embarrassment?

Through the Shards: Half the Sky

Augusta Thomson | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Augusta Thomson

My mind turns to Afghanistan -- a country where bombs go off and have been going off intermittently for the past 50 years. I imagine my father risking torn limbs and shards for my education. I imagine how it would feel to live in constant and pernicious fear.

A "Volunteer Vacation"

Catalyst Foundation | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Catalyst Foundation

Catalyst Foundation has had amazing volunteers since July 1999. We have enlisted the help of hundreds of people from around the globe -- ones that found us during a random Internet searches, families that have adopted from Vietnam, young Vietnamese American college and high school students, war veterans, teachers and friends.

The Power of Educating a Girl

Vivian Onano | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
Vivian Onano

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgGrowing up in Kisumu, Kenya, life was difficult, but that did not hinder me from pursuing my goal of achieving an education. I knew that I could be of help to my community in Kisumu by working with the many children who yearned for education.

Investing in Girls to Change India's Future

Shadhika Project | Posted 05.03.2013 | Impact
Shadhika Project

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgLack of investment in girl's education shortchanges girls, their families, their communities, their country, and indeed, our world.

Giving Girls the Opportunity to Improve Their Lives Through Learning

Amy Wingfield | Posted 05.02.2013 | Impact
Amy Wingfield

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgToday, millions of girls around the world are denied the privilege of even a basic education because they are too poor, because it is not safe, because we have not invested enough in the power of the girl.

A Simple Truth

Mary Prefontaine | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact
Mary Prefontaine

However, statistics show if we educate girls, incredible things happen -- girls marry later, have fewer and healthier children, get jobs, provide for their families and move beyond poverty.

A Labor of Love

Catalyst Foundation | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
Catalyst Foundation

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgI do expect all humans to have the same blessings that we all have. I do believe all young girls should be given a chance at dignity. I do work tirelessly so parents are given a chance to care for their family.

The Hope That Education Brings

Apne Aap | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
Apne Aap

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgIn the red light area, children's access to mainstream education, health and protection services are often blocked due to stigma.

Breaking the Cycle of Child Marriage in India

International Center for Research on Women | Posted 04.26.2013 | Impact
International Center for Research on Women

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgICRW's Turning Point Campaign aims to draw attention to adolescence, when girls in particular are at a heightened risk of dropping out of school and child marriage.

My Motivation

Hassina Sherjan | Posted 04.25.2013 | Impact
Hassina Sherjan

Those of us who were lucky to be born in families who could take us out of Afghanistan after the Soviet occupation have a responsibility towards those who we left behind.

Raising Women's Voices

Women Thrive Worldwide | Posted 04.25.2013 | Impact
Women Thrive Worldwide

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgFar too often, global decisions about poverty and developing countries are made without accounting for the needs of women and girls. So what's the solution?

Lean On (Each Other)

Erin Ganju | Posted 04.24.2013 | Impact
Erin Ganju

2013-04-23-theraiseforwomenchallenge300x60.jpgIn societies such as sub-Saharan Africa where women are struggling to access their most basic right, education, a different type of "Lean In" circle is surfacing -- a camaraderie that does not play out in boardrooms, but rather in school rooms.

10 Degrees of Separation

Augusta Thomson | Posted 04.24.2013 | Impact
Augusta Thomson

In the early winter of 2012, a twist of fate led me to 10x10 where I have since been tight-roping the synergistic line between media and activism. This is our Call to Action. Share the film and increase visibility.