Jun 14, 2019 | Girls We Love
Search for: Meet Rayka Zehtabchi There are things we take for granted in our world and cities. Access to clean water and access to good sanitation. As women, we complain about our periods, but if we’re lucky we have access to everything we could possibly want. In many...
Apr 9, 2019 | Girls We Love
Search for: 18-year-old Andréa Bak uses poetry to address prejudice in Brazil At age 18, Andréa Bak is already making a name for herself in Rio de Janeiro as an artist, singer and slam poet. The chemistry student’s work confronts racism and violence against...
Apr 9, 2019 | Girls We Love
Search for: Angelina From the very first time we heard Angelina’s writing, we acknowledged it was beyond beautiful. She crafts her words into beautiful images, that of like a painting. Embedded with both pain and hope her words are important and deserve your...
Apr 9, 2019 | Girls We Love
Search for: Meet Ellen Stackable Ellen Stackable has been an English teacher for more than 20 years. “I just fell in love with the idea that writing could change someone’s life,” she said. While working on her graduate school thesis in 2013, she...
Apr 8, 2019 | Girls We Love
Search for: 10 African spokeswomen who want progress, not promises. We stand in solidarity with women on the front lines of the fight for gender equality. Over forty inspiring activists from fifteen African countries have co-signed a powerful letter to world leaders...
Apr 8, 2019 | Girls We Love
Search for: Meet Dr. Monique Morris NBWJI exists because the trauma and pain associated with the criminalization of Black women and girls were being rendered invisible by a dominant narrative that presented girls as “fine” compared to the men and boys in...
