This week, I want to share two success stories because I think we all could use a little good news. You may remember a few weeks ago I shared with you some details about the current dire situation for Afghani women and girls under Taliban rule. Hope is alive in the hearts of Dr. Sakena Yaccobi and Shabana Basij-Rasikh, two women activists who are working to educate girls, in spite of the enormous challenges that both face.
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Organizers Kyra Gantois, 19, and Anuna De Wever, 17, at Brussels school strike on January 10, 2019 with over 3,500 marchers. The movement is growing. Earlier this month, the Brussels march included over 12,000 students. (Credit: Instagram)
These Young Women Might Save the Planet
One of anthropologist Margaret Mead’s most famous quotes instructs us to “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” We might amend Mead’s observation to honor a group of thoughtful, committed teenagers across the world standing against climate change.
Read MoreHow Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming
In an informative, bold TEDWomen talk, Project Drawdown author Katharine Wilkinson shares three key ways that empowering women and girls can help stop global warming. "Drawing down emissions depends on rising up," she says.
Read MoreTEDWomen Update: Lourds Lane and the SuperYOU Fundation
In 2012, Lourds Lane charmed the TEDWomen audience playing her violin and sharing the story of her life from child musical prodigy to adult “superhero” self. These days, she’s focusing her boundless energy on the educational music and arts-based nonprofit she started, the SuperYou FUNdation.
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Changing Girls' Lives -- One Life at a Time
The Girls for a Change organization is led by one of our former TEDWomen speakers, Angela Patton. She and her team change girls’ lives one at a time and make a difference every day. Please contribute whatever you can.
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