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United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls

June 2, 2010 By

The United Nations Foundation recently launched “Girl Up, “an exciting initiative that “gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Campaign supporters are encouraged to give a “High Five” to girls in developing countries by donating $5 or more to provide girls with such basic needs as access to school supplies, clean water, life-saving health services, safety from violence and more.”

Many American girls are disconnected from girls from different backgrounds living in their own cities, so I hope that this campaign is successful in encouraging girls to become more socially conscious and informed about important global issues that affect their female peers in the developing world. Girls are also encouraged to support the campaign by starting a Girl Up team, organizing fundraisers, and spreading the word about the campaign through social networks.  Teachers and girl advocates can utilize the web site’s resources to educate girls about the realities of life for girls in the developing world.

For more information or to give a “High Five,” visit: http://www.girlup.org.

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About Dr. Carla

Dr. Carla Stokes, PhD, MPH, is an adolescent health and behavior expert, professional keynote speaker, and women’s and girls’ health advocate. As a certified personal development coach and founder of Teen Girl University™, she helps young women and girls growing up in the digital age make healthy choices, strengthen social-emotional intelligence, and develop their leadership potential so they can thrive during adolescence and beyond. As a certified money breakthrough business coach and the founder of the A Heart for Girls™ Business Academy, she helps women with a heart for empowering girls build sustainable speaking and coaching businesses so they can monetize their work and have a bigger impact. For 15 years, Dr. Carla also served as the founder and former Executive Director of Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)®, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and lives of underserved Black young women and girls. Her groundbreaking research and work with girls has been published in academic books and journals, studied in university courses, and featured in respected media outlets, including The New York Times, NBC, CBS, Fast Company, Yahoo! Parenting, Reuters, Woman's Day, and Ebony.

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Comments

  1. Kyayla Thompson says
    November 15, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Greetings Dr. Carla is was wondering if you plan on coming to the Philadelphia area between now and February. Its a very random question, i know, but i work for a non-profit organization which has a girls group and i was wondering if you wouldn’t mind speaking to them?

  2. Dr. Carla says
    December 17, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    Hi Kyayla,

    I’m sorry I overlooked your comment on this thread. Thank you for reaching out to me. I don’t have any plans to be in Philadelphia before February. However, I would love to speak with you about how we can set up a program for your girls in the New Year. Here’s a link to my speaking page: https://drcarla.com/home/speaking-events/

    Please sign up for my email newsletter so I can stay in touch with you and send you updates and resources for girl-serving organizations and girl advocates.

    FYI – I will be posting updated information about my speaking programs on this web site in January.

    Happy holidays!

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