For some the cost of attending college is more than just steep tuition prices. When she met him at a relative’s house, she said, he blindfolded her, taped her mouth and chopped off her fingers with a meat cleaver. They could not be attached again as they were recovered too late from a dustbin. Ms Akther said that her husband, who is not well educated, did not approve of her enrolling [...]
As young women…and older women, we’re still trying to figure it out, and indeed, we don’t always have the answers. We must continue to look to ourselves and the chaos of our own lives to remain inspired, and raise our voices as multi-dimensional beings. Fifteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson had a hard time finding strong female, teenage role models — so she built a space where they could find each other. At [...]
TED: Leymah Gbwoee: Unlock the Intelligence, Passion, Greatness of Girls "Globally, we have policies, international instruments, work leaders. Great people have made commitments - we will protect our children from want and from fear. The U.N. has the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Countries like America, we've heard things like No Child Left Behind. Other Countries come with different things. There is a Millenium Development called Three that [...]
Happy International Women’s Day, PRIZM’s! Today is a special day to celebrate—women around the world and that includes you! http://www.thedailymuse.com/education/who-you-should-really-celebrate-on-international-womens-day/ We hope as a young women leader, you are active and vocal, and consider your amazing role in the world as a young woman. Here is a quick history of the holiday from the International Women’s Day website. International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900′s, a time [...]
Kai Zhang started her activism when she was a teenager and hasn’t stopped since–in fact, her work spans a wide range of subjects. She is particularly interested in transnational women’s movements that are rooted in the “Third World,” Mayan indigenous movements to protect land and natural resources, LGBTQ and sex worker rights movements in India and Thailand, and experiments in cooperative agriculture and production in Spain and India. In addition, [...]
TED: Kavita Ramdas: Radical Women, Embracing Tradition Kavita Ramdas is president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, a publicly supported grantmaking foundation that advances human rights by investing in women-led organizations worldwide. Over the past 22 years, the Global Fund has provided more than 7,000 grants, reaching more than 3,000 groups. Since Ramdas took the reins, the fund’s assets have more than tripled – and so has the number of countries [...]
After discussing in Thai; commercials about Western tanning products and Asian lightening creams to illustrate the way advertising effects our understanding of beauty, a small ten year old girl, from the Akha community raised her hand. “I don’t listen to these commercials.” she said firmly. “I like my curly hair. And my caramel skin, and my almond shaped eyes. They make me feel cute. unique, and special.” This assertion of confidence [...]
Prizm is a Global Movement that creates a safe space for young women to discuss the issues most important in their lives, makes human Rights Education accessible to women of all economic, ethnic, and social backgrounds, provides access to mentors and leadership networks, and the only global network of young women leaders educated and interested in the field of human rights.
They had been called Nakusha by parents who would have preferred sons. Hundreds of people committed to fighting gender discrimination attended the ceremony in rural Satara district. Statistics show a continuing preference for boys in India. The gender imbalance has widened every decade since independence in 1947. According to the 2011 census, there were 914 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of six, compared with 927 for every 1,000 boys [...]
Soofia Asad is a groundbreaking photographer from Karachi,Pakistan, whose photography and art promote dialogue about the discrimination and gender violence women face daily. Her work pushes the boundaries of a woman’s place in society and offers underserved women a voice while expressing her own unique ideology. Her series “Harmony in Disjointed Thoughts” uses poetry, stop-motion animation, and photography to try to shatter cultural expectations and obligations for women around the [...]