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Women For Women International

By Organization Spotlight
Around the globe women face barriers to equality whether that be fighting for pay equity or fighting sexual and gender-based violence even in their own home. These barriers become even more extreme for women and girls who live in deep poverty and/ or in conflict-affected countries.  We’ve witnessed this quite deeply over the last year in Sudan, Afghanistan, and now...
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Meet Mariana

By Community Member Spotlight
Mariana Quintero (she/her) Where do you live now? Galicia, Spain What’s your hometown? Caracas, Venezuela What are your superpowers? It sounds crazy, but I usually stay ahead from what it is going to happen, and this intuition happens to be right most of the times. I can also multitask with success. What topic impacting women and girls are you the...
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Reflecting and Setting Goals

By Imprfct Monthly Challenge

You’d like to invest in yourself.  There are things you’d like to reignite, change, or learn.  But you don’t know where to start and mapping it out seems daunting.  We have you covered.  Join in a series of imprfct life® challenges and let us help you identify some meaningful actions to invest in yourself.

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The Case for Teaching Consent

By Topic in Focus
No means no, right?  Seems straight forward.  Add in hormones, immaturity, cultural norms, media messaging, relationship nuances, etc. etc. and things start getting not straight forward fast.  Yet, no still means no and teaching our children and young adults about what the word “consent” means – and does not mean – is a good place to start to change what...
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NIÑAS ARRIBA

By Organization Spotlight
In 2009, Gina Chavez and Jodi Granado were teaching English in El Salvador at the Maria Auxiliadora, a Catholic all-girls school that aims to educate the “poorest of the poor.” One day, they asked their senior class who wanted to go to college. Every hand shot up. Then they asked who was planning to attend college. Every hand dropped Even...
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Time for a career change?

By Topic in Focus
The past two years have been life-defining for many people and due to the circumstances, some of us had started evaluating our priorities and what we consider important in life as well as the time that we spend at work. Obviously, spending time at a job that doesn’t fulfill us is easier to identify when you are in lockdown and...
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Undefining and Redefining Masculinity

By Did You Know?
When we first endeavored to create an organization focused on creating a world where women and girls could thrive, we explored many avenues and ideas. One of these ideas was to create forums for boys and men to explore how they could help to make that vision a reality. We had been reading so many articles about the mental health...
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Meet Kattie & Mila

By Community Member Spotlight
Kattie Capozza (she/her) Where do you live now? Seattle WA What’s your hometown? Rochester NY What are your superpowers? Seeing patterns in the world around her; the interconnectivity of things. Plus, Saturday morning dance parties with her dogs. What topic impacting women and girls are you the most passionate about? Women’s Health Advocacy, Bodily Autonomy, and Education What are you...
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Networking Toolkit

By What We're Talking About
9 Tips for Networking For many people, networking in person can be a very uncomfortable, awkward, and energy draining activity. The thought of walking into a conference room, party, or any social situation where you may or may not know anyone and have to mingle can be anxiety provoking. For many the art of small talk feels disingenuous, fake, or...
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