"global-girl-media" Articles & Blogs:
National Taskforce to Promote Positive Images of Girls and Women Created
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I got this info from folks at the Girl Scouts which looks like it was instrumental in creating this bi-partisan taskforce to look at issues in media that effect girls.
US Reps Tammy Baldwin and Shelly Moore Capito introduced legislation that would:
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KICK IT UP! launches at FIFA World Cup
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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 ...[Read on] |
BANDSLAM’S Vanessa Hudgens made honorary Girl Scout
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Vanessa Hudgens honorary Girl Scout
Walden Media – distributor of the film BANDSLAM, kicked off its partnership with the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles with a special premiere screening of their new film.
Nearly 400 Girl Scouts, from ages 6 to 1...[Read on] |
Two Girl Scouts Work to Make Cookies Ethical
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Growing up I was shy and awkward. Okay, maybe I’m still a little shy and awkward but my point is that I didn’t always have the confidence to stand up for myself. But a major source of confidence and esteem building for me came from my involvem...[Read on] |
'Hanna' and the Problem of the Girl Hero
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Whenever a movie with a girl protagonist comes out, I try to see it. Usually, I get excited that it might be good/actually about an adolescent girl, and come home pissed off, or, at best underwhelmed. In the past few years, it has become almost a trend to...[Read on] |
Two Ex-Girl Scouts Accuse the Organization of Promoting Abortions
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We’ve all heard it before: someone tries to inform young women about their options regarding an unwanted pregnancy, and they’re blamed for “promoting abortion” to young girls. But this time the attacks are coming from two Texan tee...[Read on] |
Come out to support girls in Africa
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In early 2009, our good friends Carol Ann Gleason, Founder and Director of Stimulus Projects and NYC-based Photographer Danielle St. Laurent teamed up to launch the Geo-Girls Citizen Journalism Program at the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy in Nairobi, Kenya...[Read on] |
The Girl Effect in Africa.
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Last week was the World Economic Forum on Africa with a critical focus on the role of girls in the economic development of Africa. The World Economic Forums are a series of convenings led by a Swiss non-profit of the same name. Their platform focuses on t...[Read on] |
Environmentalist Alexandra Cousteau Discusses the Oil Spill
| Alexandra Cousteau. With the Gulf oil spill now in its 56th day, VF Daily discussed the disaster’s ramifications with someone who has a deep connection to the health of our oceans: Alexandra Cousteau, the 34-year-old granddaughter of underwater pioneer ...[Read on] |
Is Kayla the real life Lisbeth Salander?
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Meet Kayla: an Internet hacker from Anonymous. Is her name really Kayla? Is she even a teen girl? I don’t know and probably never will. Either way, I think it's pretty bad ass seeing what she has done in defense of Wikileaks, an organization t...[Read on] |
Boy-Girl Differences Beg for More Brain Research
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(WOMENSENEWS)--You're finally getting to know the new neighbors. They moved in a week ago, but you've had no chance to chat, which is surely why you didn't notice sooner that the woman is pregnant. Very pregnant, by the looks of it.
"How wonderful!&...[Read on] |
Girl Up Pep Rally
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More than 400 girls and (and some boys) from all over LA joined gathered at the Marlborough School in Hancock Park a few weeks ago to support the United Nations Girl Up campaign and learn about the lives of girls in Malawi, Liberia, Guatemala, and Ethio...[Read on] |
Bloggers and ethical decision-making
| A recent post on Eye on Sports Media outlines the response of a local paper (the Athens Banner Herald) and that of a blogger who learned about the DUI arrest of a local personality who provides play-by-play and analysis for UGA sports teams. The b...[Read on] |
Is Obama's hope for global denuclearization realistic?
| Yes, it's absolutely possible
It's a lovely idea, but no
Other (tell us below)
Poll | Today 1:00 amArray
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Obama Asks Narrow Minds at Notre Dame to be More "Open"
| Your daily serving of low-calorie news. In this edition: global warming, abortion, and puppies.
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The Un-Godly Girl Scouts
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Personally, when I think of Girl Scouts, I think of cookies. I also think of an organization that encourages young women to explore new activities and cultures, widening the scope of their education. However, Hans Zeiger, a Republican candidate for Washin...[Read on] |
Top people in media according to the Guardian
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The Guardian has issues its top 100 people in media list. Women make up on 18 of the 100.
Here is the criteria to get on the list:
A panel of experienced media watchers from the worlds of politics, journalism, advertising, television and the interne...[Read on] |
Stereotypical media representations of female athletes starts early
| Today I was preparing for a WeCoach workshop and was looking for some images on IStock.com. Pictured here is a classic example of how the (re)production of gender stereotypes starts early and in ways we might not even notice because they seem so i...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin, American Gossip Girl
| Photo illustration by Hamish Robertson. “My young, crushed spirit learned a lesson about guys that day: even the good ones can act like jerks.” Quick, which book is this quote from: Cecily von Ziegesar’s blockbuster novel, Gossip Girl, or Sarah Pali...[Read on] |
New Spider Girl kicks butt
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A new Spider-Girl hits stores next week. And apparently she will be a multi-dimensional female superhero, whose power is about more than her cupsize.
Anya “Arañita” Sofia Corazon already existed in the Marvel universe, but is now officially reb...[Read on] |
Equality Watch: Girls in the Band
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I’m no musical expert (my taste tend to run to folky girl singers), but I found this post (that came through a bunch of different women’s sites including feministing,) where one woman counted how many female musical groups were included in th...[Read on] |
Girls Will Be Boys: Gender In Afghanistan
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Mehran is a six-year-old Afghani girl who is being raised by her parents as a boy. This phenomenon is called bacha posh, and translates to “girl in boy’s clothes”. In Afghanistan boys are valued higher than girls; they are able to carry ...[Read on] |
Larsson's 'Hornet Girl' Stirs Summer Book Buzz
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female authors this year have produced something for every type of summer reading, from light, fluffy and popular to feminist tracts and epic literary explorations.
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The Girl Effect
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Save a girl and you can save the world. It’s that simple.
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