Girls' Globe - Gender equality, human rights and social justice.

How My Love of Football Goes Against My Feminism — July 9, 2020
How My Love of Football Goes Against My Feminism
by Chanté Moos

We amplify the voices of activists, advocates and experts on gender equality, human rights and social justice.

COVID-19 is Leaving More Girls at Risk of Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage — July 3, 2020
COVID-19 is Leaving More Girls at Risk of Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage
by Tammary Esho, PhD for Amref Health Africa UK

How Young People Tackle the Climate Crisis Threatening their Pacific Island — July 2, 2020
How Young People Tackle the Climate Crisis Threatening their Pacific Island
by Nerida Williams & Theta Kiraneti

My Intersectional Activism as a Black African Muslim Woman — June 24, 2020
My Intersectional Activism as a Black African Muslim Woman
by Bashirat Oladele

My identities as being a Black Muslim woman who is also African come in one. I experience discrimination in many…

Accessing Safe Abortion during Lockdown in Africa — June 23, 2020
Accessing Safe Abortion during Lockdown in Africa
by Mama Network

MAMA Network details the need for safe, accessible medical abortion services during COVID-19 lockdown.

#SayHerName: An Intersectional and International Perspective on #BlackLivesMatter — June 8, 2020
#SayHerName: An Intersectional and International Perspective on #BlackLivesMatter
by Chanté Moos

In 2015, Sandra Bland died of asphyxiation in police custody. However, her death was ruled as suicide by police authorities.…

Anti-Racism

June 5, 2020
How White People Can End Racism: 3 First Steps
by Julia Wiklander
White privilege is something I’ve had since I took my first breath. It has paved a road for me that…
SRHR

June 4, 2020
Leading Youth Advocacy Movements in the Wake of COVID-19
by Evalin Karijo, Director, Y-ACT (Youth in Action)
Nobody ever prepares you adequately for the long and winding road of leadership. One has to be brave enough to…
Rights

June 3, 2020
Do Women Benefit from Revolution?
by Chanté Moos
This is the question I’ve been asking myself while reading Thomas Sankara’s ‘Women’s Liberation and the African Struggle’. The book…
Menstrual Health

May 29, 2020
Why Menstrual Products Should be Free for All
by Yunah Bvumbwe
In Zimbabwe, many girls in remote rural regions, and other disadvantaged areas such as farming communities, stay at home for…