Girls
14 pieces
Film ‘Margarita With A Straw’ - Unexpected Brilliance – From India
New York, N.Y. The film Margarita With A Straw is so unexpectedly brilliant, on so many levels, that I was completely mesmerized. Focused on taboo within taboo, the fragi…
International Day of the Girl: Recognition by Global Community
New York, N.Y. Today is the International Day of the Girl Child . Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011, October 11th now marks official recognition by t…
Investing in 10-Year-Old Girls Helps Reach Global Goals
New York, N.Y. If all of the ten-year-old girls living in developing countries that currently drop out of or do not attend school were to complete their secondary educati…
U.N. Calls Out Israel After Reported Take-Over of West Bank Land
New York, N.Y. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for “substantial policy changes on the ground” by Israel, voicing deep concern at reports that the…
U.N. Statistics Forum Addresses Efforts to Support Gender Equality
New York, N.Y. Today marks the start of the 6th Global Forum on Gender Statistics, a two day event in Helsinki, Finland, that will highlight ways to improve data on gende…
‘Orange the World’ Campaign Effort to End Violence Against Girls, Women
New York, N.Y. From parades to soccer matches, school debates, and the lighting up of hundreds of iconic monuments, starting tomorrow a United Nations call to “Orange the…
Angelique Kidjo, Peter Buffett Release Song to Support African Girls
New York, N.Y. I have been trying to interview Emmy Award-winning composer/philanthropist Peter Buffett for two years. I wrote about Grammy Award-winning UNICEF Goodwill…
Indian Award-Winning Documentary ‘Daughters of Mother India’ - Jarring Wake-Up Call for Men Like Me
With Jitin Hingorani. New York, N.Y. While living and working in my comfortable American cocoon in December of 2012, I vaguely remember hearing about an Indian girl named…
U.N. Calls for ‘Urgent Measures’ in Promoting Girls’ Education
Geneva, Switzerland. Although the empowerment of women has been among the most significant achievements of the past century, the international community must “push furthe…
U.N.: Violence Against Women and Girls ‘Shames Every Society'
New York, N.Y. Voicing concern over the continued killing of women and girls, the United Nations anti-crime chief today issued a strong call to end such acts, as well as…
Photo of the Day - Sept. 8, 2012
Classes Start Again for Young Palestinians at UNRWA School A close-up of a Palestinian girl during one of the first classes of the new academic year, at a school in Gaza…
Jim Luce on Child Prostitution & Trafficking
Spectacular Sold-Out Premiere of Anti-Child Trafficking Film in NYC Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua Speaks on Lack of Human Rights at Home Brilliant Film Premiers M…
Can the World's Poorest Girls Save the MDGs?
New York, N.Y. The United Nations is riveted this week on how badly our leaders are doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ). One woman of action, a glo…
Winning Hearts & Minds, Transforming Lives in Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica. For decades, Jamaica has been facing high and rising debt to GDP ratios that has undermined its capacity to achieve sustainable growth and has contribu…