On January 26, girls from Oakland Mills, Hammond, and my school, Harper’s Choice Middle School, went to the Howard County Board of Education to give an update about School Girls Unite and Day of the Girl. We talked about how we helped the campaign to get the United Nations to establish an international day and [...]

Earlier this month, Beyonce had a baby. Her husband, Jay-Z, put out a song featuring the baby’s first cries in record time, overcome with first-time-father feelings and probably not at all using the built-in publicity to advance his music career. They named the little girl Blue Ivy, which we will discuss some other time. Soon [...]

So, do Legos have a specified gender? I bring this up because I guess there has been some buzz about the Legos company now trying to market to girls. Anyways, I did some reading on the matter. Now, when I was a kid, I had pink Legos, so I’ve been thinking, “What are you talking [...]

The first every Day of the Girl is only 10 months away and we need your help to make it happen. We’re currently accepting applications for internships from girls (and boys!) ages 12 and up for independently structured internships that make use of your talents and interests while also supporting the work of Day of [...]

Whether 2011 was a banner year for you or one you’re happy to bid farewell to, today can be the day that you decide what 2012 will hold. Our advice? Say YES. Too often, young people (and older people) let fear, uncertainty, doubt, and social pressure stop them from doing, saying, creating, and standing up [...]

Ten years from now, we predict thousands upon thousands of girls will create a sensation and cause a ruckus on October 11, 2022. It will be the norm for girls to speak about their dreams and demand equality for girls everywhere in the world. Ten months from now, we predict this movement will be born. [...]

Last week I griped about prime time sexism on television. Now Think Progress’ Alyssa Rosenberg takes a step back and wonders about  “The Need For Gender Equality In Television” focusing on women behind the scenes. This fall, an analysis by the Directors Guild of America found that white women directed just 11 percent of television [...]

Nobel-prize winner Wangari Maathai has died. She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which has planted an estimated 45 million trees around Kenya since 1977. Today’s message on their site: It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September, 2011, at the Nairobi [...]

Last week, Susan Blaustein had a blog on The Huffington Post that I thought was particularly well done, the crux of her blog being: [A]nother kind of crisis is robbing countless living world citizens of their stories, day after day, hour after hour: poverty. This, after all, is a story-destroying calamity — slower burning, to [...]

What a great kickoff to the Day of the Girl campaign we’ve had today. Tons of petition signatures (keep ‘em coming) and people subscribing to stay in touch as our activities continue. We’re loving the new followers on Twitter and and all the blog posts, too. So today we launched a movement. Now what? How [...]