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The Messages We Send to Young Girls, From Sheryl Sandberg (WATCH)

Posted 03.18.2013 | MarloThomas
Read More: Marlo Thomas, Lean In, Encouraging Girls to Succeed, Video, Sheryl Sandberg, Math and Science, Self-Confidence, Mondays With Marlo, Young Girls, Math and Science Education, Messages We Send to Girls, Self-Esteem, Sheryl Sandberg Lean In, Teaching Girls, MarloThomas News

How can we get young girls to have more self-confidence before they enter the workplace? Facebook COO and author Sheryl Sandberg thinks that it is imp...

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Another Kind of 'Girl': The Carrie Diaries

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 04.30.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: The Vampire Diaries, The Carrie Diaries, Sex on Television, Adolescents, Sex and the City, Young Girls, Girls, Bunheads, Friendship, Television, Slate.com, Beauty and the Beast, Women on TV, Arrow, Gossip Girl, Women in the Media, Cw, Girlfriends, Entertainment News
Sheila Moeschen

The girls of The Carrie Diaries are loyalists to each other even as they struggle with their own sense of burgeoning identity and the choices (and consequences) that arise as they grapple with the awareness of their feminine power.

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G(irls)20 Summit: Change, One Girl at a Time

Sally Dimachki | Posted 07.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Girls, Leadership, Women, girls20-Summit, Young Girls, G20 Summit, Education, Impact News
Sally Dimachki

Based on the G20 model, the G(irls)20 Summit brings together 21 girls from all over the world to discuss and come up with solutions for these different existing issues.

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Amber Cole is My Daughter

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 12.31.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Amber Cole, Girls Self-Esteem, Sexualization of Young Girls, Jimi-Izrael, Young Girls, Amber-Cole, Self-Esteem, Black Girls and Women, BlackVoices Parenting, Black Girls, Black Voices News
Mark Anthony Neal

That so many have -- and in the process downloaded and trafficked in illegal child pornography -- speaks volumes about how society thinks about Black girls. For that reason alone, Amber Cole is my daughter.

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Teenage Girls Undergo 'Breast Ironing' In Cameroon (VIDEO)

Posted 10.19.2012 | World
Read More: Teenage Pregnancy, Female Circumcision, Video, Cameroon, Breast Ironing, Genital Mutilation, Young Girls, Breasts, Teenage Girls, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Africa @Y:World, World News

Affecting one out of every four girls, the brutal practice of "breast ironing" is on the rise in the African country of Cameroon. The procedure -- whi...

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Thinking Globally; Contending Locally

Kamala Lopez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Citizen Reporting, Global Girl Media, Young Girls, Citizen Journalism, Los Angeles Public High Schools, Los Angeles News
Kamala Lopez

The goal of GlobalGirl Media is to open News Bureaus all over the world, connecting young women through new media and giving them the space and tools to create a network to educate and support each other.

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Six Holiday Gifts for Aspiring Fashionistas

Margaret Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Fashion, Holiday Gift Guide, Holiday Gifts, Holiday Gift Ideas, Aspiring Fashionistas, Young Girls, Fashion Gifts, Style News
Margaret Ryan

I am giving my favorite girls a taste of something I love and want to share with them. In return they trust me to provide counsel on important style topics.

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