girl up website
"Girl Up is a global leadership development initiative, positioning girls to be leaders in the movement for gender equality. With resources in five languages and more than 2,200 Girl Up Clubs in over 100 countries, we’ve trained 40,000 girls of all backgrounds to create tangible change for girls everywhere. Girl Up provides leadership training and gives girls tools to become gender equality advocates and activists."
Girl up nebraska
"Recently, a group of youth advocates in Nebraska launched the Girl Up Nebraska Coalition to take a widespread problem and focus on the role it plays in our community. The goal of the Nebraska Coalition is to to facilitate communication between various Nebraska Girl Up Chapters, expand the Girl Up movement in our region, and connect Nebraska to the United Nations."
“As older women, we need to realize the impact we have on younger girls and how we can inspire them,” she said. “In the changing world we’re in today, we need to encourage girls to speak up, speak their minds and be involved in the things they want to be involved in.”
“It’s a way to elevate young people’s voice in our society and show them that they are truly worth something. [Even though] the Like a Girl Empowerment Programs are for elementary and middle schoolers [they] are run completely by high school students as well.”