History shows that it hasn’t ever been easy to be a girl, and, despite awesome changes in the status and perception of women and girls, herstory is still a complicated and challenging one.
In order to tackle the issues that directly impact girls lives, we have to identify them as barriers to our full participation in the world. Our primers are written by girls who care about these issues and are committed to working toward solutions.
- Negative Media Images by Anika, 19
- Title IX: Sports & Education Equity Guaranteed by Torie and Julia, both 16
- U.S. Girl Dropout Crisis by Mira, 20
- Relationship Abuse: Teen Dating & DomesticViolence by Joanne, 19
- Sex Trafficking in America by Shannon, 19
- Limited Work Opportunities by Joanne, 19
- Girls Denied EducationWorldwide by Shannon, 19
- Global Gender-Based Violence by Shannon, 19
- Child Marriage: Tragic Tradition by Mira, 20
- Female Mutilation: Human Rights Horror by Elena, 18
