WORLD
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Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important thin...more
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KICK IT UP! launches at FIFA World Cup
Soccer (or football as it’s known around the globe) is the world’s most popular sport, and Global Girl Media is using the largest international soccer event to help young women find their voices. The non-profit org’s pilot project KICK IT UP! has ...more
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World Cup Song: Shakira ‘Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’
We are just a few days away from the exciting beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2010 being held at South Africa and international superstar Shakira is scheduled to perform her new single, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” during the opening ceremony ...more
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Iran’s girls’ soccer team back in Youth Olympics
With this summer’s inaugural Youth Olympics fast approaching, there was one group of young women who were facing exclusion. That is until this week when FIFA said they will allow the Iranian girls soccer team to compete at the Games as long as their pl...more
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India's economy and women's influence
What a great time to be in India! I am having the good fortune of visiting this great country for the next couple of weeks and it is such an exciting time. On March 8, which is International Women's Day, The Women's Reservation Bill was the topic of di...more
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Lifting the Veil: A Look at the Burqa
Two weeks ago, French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced his party’s plans to implement a ban on the burqa in France. The burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and is worn by some Muslim women around the world, is a perennial top...more
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How chicks can help Haiti
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti about 10 miles southwest of its capital, Port-au-Prince. It has left hundreds of thousands people dead, missing or injured. Buildings, including hospitals, schools and people’s hom...more
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Emma Thompson on The View talking about sexual slavery
Emma went on The View yesterday to talk about Journey which is opening in NY today. Kudos to the View for discussing the topic and really letting her talk about it in lots of details. I was kind of surprised at how little Barbara Walters seemed to kno...more
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Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important th...more
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Does being an “Artist” trump being a Rapist
So much has been written about the Roman Polanski saga of late. The lingering questions of why after 30 years did the prosecutors decide now was the time to arrest him. The fact that the victim wants to move on. The amount of resources being spent o...more
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Traveling on a budget? Try a hotel alternative
As a newly minted college grad, I had one thing on my mind: buy a plane ticket to Europe and spend six week backpacking across the countries I had only ever dreamed of visiting. But after I started calculating the price tag of my European adventure - from...more
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Spotlight on Tammy Tibbetts: Empowering Liberian Youth
Whether it’s finding the perfect prom dress for a girl that can’t afford one, providing positive advice for girls celebrating their prom or their quinceañeras, fundraising and working towards a tuition-free school in Liberia, or finding ways to conti...more
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Iraqi girls live the dream at in Lady Vols’ basketball camp
An Iraqi girls’ basketball team took part in a Tennessee Lady Vols basketball camp last week as part of a program promoting peace and cultural understanding through sports.
Under Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi National Women’s Basketball Team was dismantl...more
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