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Girls Literacy

Let Every Woman's Voice Ring

Frida Giannini | Posted 04.30.2013 | Impact
Read More: Video, Chime for Change, Girls Literacy, Women Literacy, Chime, Global Motherhood, Ted Chime, Women Education, Girls Education, Girls Health, Women Tech, Impact News
Frida Giannini

By promoting and funding progress in the areas of education, health and justice, we can change the prospects for girls and women, and those girls and women can change the world.

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One Man's Crusade for 'Room to Read' for Children Without Books

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 04.12.2013 | Impact
Read More: Room to Read, Children's Books, Girls Literacy, Social Entrepreneurship, Nepal, Africa, Developing World, Work-Life Balance, Poor, Entrepreneurship, Asia, Reading, Girls Education, John Wood, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Laos, Career Advice, Bangladesh, Business, Children's Rights, South Africa, Inspiration, College, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Tanzania, Technology, Impact, Books, Impact News
Gail Vida Hamburg

"Perhaps, Sir, you will someday come back with books." The words were uttered in 1998 by the headmaster of a grade school in Bahundanda, Nepal -- that had a library, but no books -- to John Wood, a stressed out American senior executive at Microsoft, who was trekking the area's famed Annapurna Circuit.

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Girls In Kenya Speak Out on Equal Education

Stand Up For Girls | Posted 12.03.2012 | Teen
Read More: Kibera, Literacy, Kibera Slum, Girls Literacy, Stand Up for Girls, Teen News
Stand Up For Girls

I think girls should be given special care. I live in Kibera, a place where many girls are denied their rights. I would like each and every girl to have a bright future and depend on themselves.

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