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Freshta Karim On Her Mobile Library And Spreading The Joy Of Reading In Kabul

Guest ContributorAugust 28, 2018

By Pary Shuaib - Meet Freshta Karim, the founder and director of a mobile library called Charmaghz in Afghanistan. Through Charmaghz, Freshta and her team are h...

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17-Year-Old STEM Scholar Pens Powerful Essay On Invaluable Rewards Of Pushing Past Self-Doubt

Guest ContributorAugust 15, 2018

My name is Diana Mendoza, and I am the next generation of this country’s great architects, engineers and designers. At 17, I am heading into my junior year a...

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Dress Coded: The Time Has Come For Schools To Accept Girls’ Bodies

Guest ContributorJuly 31, 2018

By Revati Mahurkar - If it’s happened to you, you remember that moment. That moment when a teacher pulls you aside and tells you what you are wearing is not app...

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Meet The Dynamic Duo On A Determined Mission To Bring Books To Girls In Ghana Orphanage

wyskMay 31, 2018

In February, 7-year-old Havana Chapman-Edwards, one of the most inspiring girls we know, launched a crowdfunding campaign so she could buy books for kids in a b...

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50/50: How One College Startup Incubator Is Inspiring Entrepreneurship In Young Women, Has Already Achieved Gender Parity

Guest ContributorMarch 28, 2018

By Kesia Hudson - During a time when many tech companies have vowed to achieve gender parity by 2020 as part of the 50/50 pledge, my organization, the Zahn Inno...

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Celebrating Women’s History Month With The Satrun Sisters ‘Women In History’ Poster Series

wyskMarch 20, 2018

"There are so many strong women throughout history who have helped shape our world and they all deserve to be recognized."...

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Short Film ‘Sunshine’ Raises Awareness Of Teen Dating Abuse

wyskMarch 13, 2018

Did you know that 1 in 3 teens reports experiencing some kind of abuse in their romantic relationships? Day One, an organization dedicated to reducing the prev...

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High School Junior Pens Powerful Essay… “Finding Strength From The Women Around Me”

Guest ContributorMarch 8, 2018

By Jazzy - Although I loved the women in my life growing up, including my mom and grandmother, I didn’t have the best female role models around me. I looked up ...

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‘She Persisted Around The World’, New Children’s Book By Chelsea Clinton Celebrates 13 Women Who Have Shaped History Across The Globe

wyskMarch 6, 2018

Inspired by Elizabeth Warren’s refusal to be silenced in the Senate, Chelsea Clinton published her first book, She Persisted, last March. This week as a compani...

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