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I've been living in India for almost 4 months now while I'm studying abroad at the University of Hyderabad and working for Voice 4 Girls as an intern. India and Voice 4 Girls has changed my life forever. Having the opportunity to work with girls on their confidence and strength as young women is the most inspiring thing I've ever experienced. I've been working so hard with Voice over the past few months and I'm looking forward to being a Voice for girls in India through Voice when I return…

just read a fascinating article from the Daily Beast...

"[Worthy] is on a singular mission: seeking justice for people who do report their rapes. She’s leading a charge to get more than 11,000 police rape kits—which contain swabs of semen, saliva, and other evidence—tested for DNA in her city, and to establish a road map for other U.S. cities to do the same. In Detroit the kits had piled up, ignored for years, in a police storage facility, until one of Worthy’s colleagues discovered…

What happens to the 46.9% girls who are married before the age of 18 in Malawi?

If you haven't seen this video it is quite informative as well as being moving. Imagine being a girl of fifteen forced to marry a man who is at least six years older than you. You get pregnant and have to drop out of school because your husband wants you home. You get no education and are 5% more likely to die in childbirth than if you had been older. Your child is born and you see it is a girl. Your…

Hi I am Diana L. a 5 for Fairness intern. I heard about 5FF through my mother who is a grantee winner. This organization called to me because it promotes gender equality. One thing I enjoy is being able to see all the different organizations and what they do it is inspiring to see all these different non-profits. I am really glad to be an 5FF intern.

From the Field: How A Simple Revelation Makes the Experience

Posted on January 24, 2012 at www.voice4girls.wordpress.com 

By: Deborah Lubbe

Veera Jyothi’s confident smile preceded her as she walked into the small office where our team of volunteers was conducting interviews from VOICE girls at Pragati High School in Amberpet. Veera Joyothi participated in Camp Voice’s pilot…

Mark March 8-10, 2012 on your calendars for the third annual Women in the World Summit!

Last year Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Micheal Bloomberg, Sheryl Sandberg (from Facebook), Condoleezza Rice, and numerous other activists convened for the annual Women in the World Summit to discuss about womens issues worldwide and solutions. This year, the same forum will take place in New York City. Although the event itself is invitation only, it will be streaming live from The Daily…

It took at least an hour for Guadalupe to look at me.  I focused on the iridescent green shadow on her lids while her espresso colored eyes held down the floor.

We were both participating in a fiction/non-fiction workshop, given by the non-profit organization WriteGirl. 

Founded by songwriter, vocalist and poet Keren Taylor in 2001, WriteGirl promotes confidence and self-expression through creative writing to empower teen girls…

Hi 5fers:

Things are lighting up around here.

5fer DOINGS

Our ranks are growing. Nine new 5fers joined this week!  And Kearney is our newest awesome intern. Here's what inspired her to volunteer. Props, shout-outs and all manner of kudos to 5fers Laurie, Rosie, Liz, Emma and Juliet.…

When we watch the news at night, we see updates on the victims of the latest earthquake or tsunami, war or hurricane. But what happens to these people after these crises? What happens when the TV camera crews turn away and the celebrities return home? The "Women for Women International" organization is working to stabilize the life of war survivors, and turn the hardships in their lives into situations from which they…