Name: Irshad Age: 24 Hometown: Gonda, India (lives next to to one of Asia’s largest dump yard, Govandi) Occupation: Carpenter in Mumbai How did Hero Academy impact you? Irshad’s team of workers used to stare through windows at work of women in their homes and say hurtful comments about them or just lust after them. […]
The Get #GirlConnected screening and panel discussion on gender biases was truly a global conversation. Audience members hailed from every corner of the globe: Haiti, India, Kenya, Israel, Guatemala, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire, and major cities around the US. Classrooms in Colorado and Virginia, domestic non-profit organizations working with at-risk youth and victims of sexual exploitation, […]
Name: Jimmy Age: 15 Hometown: Pucallpa, Peru Occupation: Student How did the Now is the Time Campaign change you? “The Campaign changed the way I saw youth rights. Watching films like Daughters of the Forest and Girl Connected I learned there were adolescents like me all around the world, facing teen pregnancy situations, because they […]
Name: Miguel Age: 15 Hometown: Pucallpa, Peru Occupation: Student, youth leader, radio host, singer How did the Now is the Time Campaign change you? “I had the chance to participate as host in the Radio Program Familiando. I did not only learn new technical skills…Familiando taught me tons of skills and changed me in a […]
Name: Tamaar Age: 28 Hometown: Mumbai, India Occupation: Construction worker (Expertise in plaster) How did the Hero Academy change you? “When I first went to the academy, I thought I will just make some jokes, make fun. But when I started watching films my mind opened… I used to fear and hesitate to talk to […]
Women and Girls Lead Global is excited to announce our new blog series, Faces of Change. The Faces of Change campaign is a window into the lives of the community members we have worked with on the ground, who work to promote gender equality. During our five years reducing gender-based violence in India and Jordan; improving […]
A young teenager appears on LTL’s music video and smiles. He’s surrounded by friends while holding a rubik’s cube. He looks happy, which is fitting because the title of the video is Pasala Bien, meaning, ‘Have Fun’. The song starts, but after the first verse we quickly realize this music video isn’t your average pop song […]
Thank you for an empowering #GirlConnected screening and panel! We are inspired by our thoughtful conversation on how gender stereotypes constrain girls’ and women’s potential, and how we as a global community can support girls to transcend them. If you didn’t get the chance to watch the Girl Connected film it is available for free online, along with the Girl Connected […]
The Women and Girls Lead Global campaign in Jordan, I Have a Story, is excited to announce a new YouTube series with YouTube sensation, Lina Abu Rezeq, called, ‘Her & Him’ with Lina. ‘Her and Him’ with Lina is a funny and engaging 6-episode series on provocative social issues affecting all of us: gender stereotypes and women’s rights. A […]
A Women and Girls Lead Global facilitator, Sana Al Hanaqtah, used to watch Women of the World films with her husband, Ahmad, as she prepared for her all female community screenings. Ahmad, age 45, was so inspired by the films and the WGLG 3-Film model that he asked Sana to train him in film facilitation. […]