adolescent girls
Two Minutes with Girls in Liberia
In March 2011, Girl Up went to Liberia. During our trip we brought letters from girls like you in the United States to girls in Liberia. The girls loved the letters so much that they wrote their own back. This clip gives you the chance to meet some of the girls in Liberia and hear about their hopes and dreams.
American Girls with American Political Dreams: Are There Any Out There Today?
by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com
January 31, 2011 - 7:53pm (Print)
How many will give serious second thought to whether life in the public domain is worth it; to whether a life in the very bull’s-eye is worth the price Gabby Giffords is now paying and Christina Green has already paid?
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Combating The Sexualization of Girls...The Right Way
by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check
December 29, 2010 - 4:24pm (Print)
Two movements this year have sought to combat the "sexualization of young girls." But one of them is not like the other.
Why Girls? Because They're Ready to Change the World
by Ariana Child Graham, Coalition for Adolescent Girls
July 15, 2010 - 3:45pm (Print)
When Opportunity Knocks, Where Are Our Girls?
July 15, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Girl Up: Girls Lifting Up Girls
by Amie Newman
June 10, 2010 - 1:10pm (Print)
Adolescent girls around the world have some things in common especially in regard to their physical development. But for too many girls living in poverty physical changes are where the simliarities to their wealthier counterparts stop. Girl Up aims to change all of that.
Adolescent Girls Bear Highest Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, According to CDC
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
November 24, 2009 - 9:14am (Print)
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Post-Abortion Syndrome: Anti-Choice "Researchers" Seek to Mislead and Intimidate Women
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
July 7, 2009 - 10:41am (Print)
The “scientists” who pursue the myth of post-abortion syndrome are scientists of the most dangerous kind: those who use faulty, manipulated research as a means to a political end.
Giving Girls a Choice and a Chance
by Beth Fredrick, International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)
May 20, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
The Never-Ending Juggling Act
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
April 7, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)
Young mothers who struggle to stay in school need more support and resources to continue their education.
Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu
