Aug 13, 2016 | Girls We Love
Search for: Hi. My name is Emily. I’m a girl. In 2008 I met another girl, Alexis, who created a space that was safe for me to be me – more honest and vulnerable than I’ve ever been – and my life changed forever. She asked me to join her to start a movement, and I said...
Aug 7, 2016 | Girls We Love
Search for: Local chapters create a safe space for girls to meet once a week at their high school… Or college and have the tough conversations about things that matter, support each other, and discover who they truly are (instead of who they’ve been told they’re...
Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love, Women's Health
Search for: Mrs. Naa-Morkor Abrefa Busia was born on April 5th, 1924 in Accra, Ghana… At age 16, she was admitted to the newly established three-year midwifery-training course at Korle-Bu Hospital, and graduated among the first hospital-trained midwives in the...
Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love
Search for: Who Are The Helpers? Before I became Chair of Busia Foundation International (BFI), I asked myself, “Who are the helpers?” Who are the people who champion various causes? Who is worthy, or willing to do so? Many times if you encounter a gathering under...
May 15, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love
Search for: Malala’s Story Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
May 12, 2016 | Education, Girls We Love
Search for: Shattered lives: On the run from war, Syrian girls labor in Turkey’s notorious garment industry WATCH THE VIDEO In her hometown of Aleppo, Loury was a budding musical prodigy. Born to a Syrian folk dancer from Raqqua and a musician, she learned at a...
