Today’s generation of youth, the largest in history, has the power to change the world. But many of the 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries won’t even get to go to school. Girl Up is a founding partner of 10x10, a global action campaign that advocates for educating girls in developing countries. At the center of the 10x10 Campaign is Girl Rising – a feature film directed by Academy Award nominee Richard E. Robbins narrated by Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Priyanka … [Read more...]
10×10 Campaign is Girl Rising, Melissa Hillebrenner
March 5, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AMERICAN [U.S.A.], FEATURED, FEATURED EVENTS, WORLD EVENTS, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: 10x10 Campaign is Girl Rising, A Celebration of Women, Academy Award nominee Richard E. Robbins, Anne Hathaway, future women leaders, girls, GirlUp, Kerry Washington, Melissa Hillebrenner, narrated by Meryl Streep, Priyanka Chopra, Take Action, UN, women for girls, women helping girls, women leaders, women., youth of action
NIGERIA: Female teaching recruits are agents of change
August 5, 2012 by Team Celebration
KATSINA STATE, Nigeria, August 2012- The first thing that strikes you is their sense of confidence. Women with faces framed by colorful headscarves hold dynamic discussions in a packed classroom at the Isa Kaita College of Education. They consider themselves to be “village girls” but there’s nothing ordinary about them. These women are agents of change in an extremely conservative society. While most of their friends from the village are married and uneducated, these girls … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, WOMEN "Positive Action", YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, African students, African teachers, African women, change agents, educators, female teachers, girls, KATSINA STATE, NIGER, Nigeria, Nigerian women, students, teachers, teaching students, universal education, women for girls, women for women, women teachers
