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Let’s get that crowd going & change the world for women and girls!
Girls’ Globe is currently running an online crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the bloggers to attend Women Deliver 2013, the largest conference of the decade focusing on the health […]
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EDUCATION: A Girl’s Human Right
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be...
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Female Condoms Are ________
When we talk about women’s reproductive health, we often talk about women being empowered to make the best decisions for our health, our families and our lives in general. When […]
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First International Day to End Fistula: Launch of New Girls’ Globe Channel
Today is the first International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Girls’ Globe is a proud partner of the Campaign to End Fistula, a global campaign and network of organizations working […]
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Women Deliver: It’s Time!
Girls’ Globe was founded in November 2011 and since then we have grown from a one-person blog to a global network of passionate advocates for women and girls. We now […]
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Girls’ Globe chats with Sarah Hendriks from Plan International
Girls’ Globe had the pleasure to do a quick interview with Sarah Hendriks, global gender equality adviser for Plan International and the head of programs for Plan’s “Because I am […]
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Women Deliver Presidential Session: Investing in Girls
Today’s presidential session featured a high profile panel of women committed to improving the lives of girls globally: Maria Eitel, President and CEO Nike Foundation; Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General...
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An Interview With Jeni Klugman, Director of Gender and Development at the...
At the Women Deliver Conference, I had the pleasure to interview Jeni Klugman, the Director of Gender and Development at the World Bank. Answering questions related to accountability, the Women […]
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Girls’ Globe interviews Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland
During the Women Deliver conference, I had the great pleasure and honor to interview Tarja Halonen, a woman who was the president of my own home country, Finland, for the […]
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UN Women: Interview with Lakshmi Puri
At the 2013 Women Deliver Conference, Julia Wiklander and I had the incredible opportunity to meet and interview Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women. Aiming to enhance gender equality […]
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Girls Empowerment Network Malawi: An Interview with Emmanuella Manjolo
Cutting across countries, cultures, nations, religions and ethnicity lies the issue of child marriage. In April, I wrote a post specifically highlighting the atrocities that young child brides endure....
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What we should talk about when talking about family planning
Today is World Population Day and Global Family Planning Day and around the world family planning is being discussed and highlighted as a top priority for development. Global organizations and […]
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#MDG456Live: Join the conversation at the UN!
This coming week, the United Nations, civil society, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, and other influential individuals are getting together to discuss the progress of the Millennium...
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Young #WomenInspire us to #InvestInGirls
By Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Advocacy & Communications Manager, Women Deliver. Originally published on The Huffington Post’s Global Motherhood section. March is an exciting time to celebrate girls...
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Girls’ Globe and the 2013 Women Deliver Conference – One Year Later
Has it already been one year since the 2013 Women Deliver Conference? Where has the time gone? Although it may seem as if the conference was only yesterday, a lot […]
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Women Deliver Announces 2016 Conference on 500 Day MDG Milestone
August 18, 2014 marks the 500 day milestone until the deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the eight goals established by the United Nations and governments around […]
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The Integration Hypothesis: Let’s Empower Women and Girls
The challenges women and girls experience around the world are interlinked and multi-dimensional. Addressing and developing effective solutions to empower women, girls and communities requires a...
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Why Are Youth Voices Around the World So Valuable?
Insight for the article provided by Nick Oketch As a college student passionate about empowering youth and improving conditions in developing countries, I have thought about the ways and means to...
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#YouthVoices: The Present and Future of Global Health
Young people are the future. This phrase is used time and time again when talking about how and why to engage youth around global issues. Today, at what was one of the most inspiring youth events I...
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Story Power
As I travelled to work last week, mentally racing through the growing list of things I had left to do before departing for Copenhagen, I absent-mindedly opened the book I had been filling my train...
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