The G.L.O.W. Blog
The Global G.L.OW. Summer Reading List
Summer 2021 is in full swing and for some, that means family vacations and time for some serious self-care. If [...]
Body Image and Self Esteem: How Diet Culture Impacts Girls’ Mental Health
Brielle is 15 years old and a Global G.L.O.W. participant from Los Angeles, California. This is her essay in her [...]
Why You Should Care About Period Policy
May is an important month for Global G.L.O.W. and the world- it’s menstrual health month, a time set aside to [...]
Turning Struggle Into Strength: The Inspiring Story of a Junior Mentor from Mozambique
Líria is a 21-year-old from Mozambique. As an adolescent girl, she was forced into early marriage and sought refuge in [...]
How a Junior Mentor from Mozambique is Using Her Own Experience to Change the Lives of Girls
Rosita is a 23-year-old junior mentor from The Grail in Mozambique. Rosita joined Global G.L.O.W. after being introduced to the [...]
The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on Girls and Young Women in India
It seems to be a vicious cycle of events unfolding all over again, but this time much worse than what [...]
Anti-Trans Laws and Why The Confirmation of Dr. Rachel Levine is So Important — Ally Speaking Out
Five months into 2021, state lawmakers across the United States have already proposed more bills restricting the lives of transgender [...]
COVID-19 and the Rise of FGM in Kenya
Think back to when you were a teenage girl. You probably attended school, spent time with friends, and longed to [...]
Overcoming Covid-19 on a Global Scale
The United States and other wealthy countries are in the midst of vaccine rollout to create herd immunity for Covid-19 [...]
The Violence Against Women Act: Why It’s Critical for Protecting Vulnerable Girls and Women Across the United States
Among the countless inequities COVID-19 has exposed, is the “shadow pandemic", a rise in violence against women and children, resulting [...]
Global G.L.O.W. Celebrates the Power of Mentorship at NGO CSW65 Parallel Event
March marks an important month for us at Global G.L.O.W. as we commence our celebration of mentors and extend our [...]
How Mentors in Kenya Have Supported Girls During COVID-19
As we reach the one-year mark of when COVID-19 lockdowns first took effect, the issue of school closures associated with [...]
Biden and Gender Policy: Our Experts Weigh In
When every issue is a women’s issue, where do policy experts begin to evoke meaningful change? This is a question [...]
Mexico City Bans Single-Use Plastic and Causes Tampon Shortage
On January 1, 2021, Mexico City government officials banned single-use plastic products as a way to combat climate change. At [...]
The Impact of Black History Month
As an African American woman who is an educator, parent, friend and community member, Black History Month has been a [...]
When Home is the Most Dangerous Place
For the majority of us, lockdowns and being forced to work from home in the midst of Covid-19 have been [...]
Black History Month: Recommended Reading
In honor of Black History Month, Global G.L.O.W. Program Manager Binta Freeman and Program Coordinator Olivia Jaffe-Pachuilo compiled an extensive [...]
Global G.L.O.W. 2021: Reaching More Girls to Curb the Long-Term Effects of Covid-19
Worldwide, almost 90% of schools were closed for some period of time in 2020 due to Covid-19 safer at home [...]
Global G.L.O.W. Receives Special Consultative Status by the UN ECOSOC
Global G.L.O.W. is honored to have received special consultative status by the UN ECOSOC. This achievement enables Global G.L.O.W. to [...]
End the Silence: Eliminating Violence Against Indigenous Girls and Women
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We stand alongside our friends at the [...]
Police Brutality and the Girl Child
Two of my male schoolmates and I were going for a party in 2018 when we were stopped at a [...]
Police Brutality in Nigeria: An Unending Nightmare
Over the last month, Nigeria has been rocked by nationwide protests over police brutality following claims of violence, sexual assault [...]
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG as she’s often affectionately called, passed away at the age of 87 on Friday, September [...]
Going Back to School in the U.S.: The Added Challenges of Students in Vulnerable Communities
Back to school has never quite looked like this before. All across the country, teachers, students and schools are starting [...]
Smashing Period Taboo for Girls in the U.S.
“Aunt Flo’s Here,” “The Curse,” “My Friend’s Visiting,” “The Red Monster,” “Shark Week,” “On the Rag,” “Comma” or simply “That [...]
“Learning Should Not Stop for a Pandemic”: The Innovative Way This GLOW Club is Reaching Girls Amid COVID-19
Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools and forced millions to stay sheltered in place in an effort [...]
Re-Opening GLOW Clubs Amid COVID-19: Here’s How It Looks Around the World
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world - reaching each country, state and city in various ways as governments [...]
The Devastating Consequences of Period Poverty for Girls
Recently, I heard an extremely distressing story about one of the girls in Global G.L.O.W.’s GLOW Club in Kenya. In [...]
Glow Bravely: Interview With Rosalie Fish
Indigenous women and girls across the nation are incredibly vulnerable to violence. Murder is the third leading cause of death [...]
Menstrual Hygiene in the Era of COVID-19
By Kylie Schuyler and Crystal Sprague According to UNICEF, an estimated 1.8 billion menstruators across the world, including girls, [...]
MH Day 2020: Periods Don’t Stop for Pandemics, and Neither Will We
Global G.L.O.W. had been planning to go big for May 28th, Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020 - a full day of [...]
Las Niñas Alzan Sus Voces Desde Casa: Girls Raising Their Voices from Home
Our partners are always thinking of innovative ways to keep girls engaged and active, even now, considering they cannot meet [...]
Girls Leading Our World: Spotlight on Abigael
In March of this year, Abigael was set to join Global G.L.O.W. and seven of her peers from around the [...]
World Book Day Celebration: Our List of Favorites From Across the Globe
"Growing up, I read a lot of books. My love of books started when I felt bullied in school or [...]
The Effects of COVID-19 Hit Girls and Women Particularly Hard
Girls and women, especially those in vulnerable communities, are much more impacted by a health emergency. Though COVID-19 is [...]
COVID-19 In Kenya: How Girls Are Being Impacted
COVID-19 is a global pandemic. By its very definition, it has reached nearly every country around the world and has [...]
She Lives and Smiles Again
Editors Note: The following is a powerful story written by Sally Wairerah, a Global G.L.O.W. mentor in Kenya. "Everybody [...]
The Mentor Effect: How Mentors are Helping to Change the Lives of Girls in the Bronx
I am a licensed clinical social worker who has worked in the field for 19 years and have been working [...]
How a Global G.L.O.W. Club in Sierra Leone Uses Radio to Empower Girls
In Sierra Leone, women and girls are largely oppressed and face a wide range of barriers that keep them from [...]
Diary of a Site Visit: An Inspiring Week With the Girls and Women of Springboard to Opportunities
In October, my Global G.L.O.W. colleague Gabby and I had the opportunity to visit our U.S. partners at Springboard to [...]
Back to My Roots: How It Felt to Celebrate IDG Alongside Girls From My Hometown
This year, Global G.L.O.W. celebrated International Day of the Girl locally with two of our HerStory partners in The Bronx: [...]
IDG 2019: Stand With Girls to Help Them Change the World
Dr. Ugochi Ohajuruka is a public health practitioner and the founder of Global G.L.O.W. HerStory partner Health Aid For All [...]
The Girl That Knew She Could
Jun was just 14 years old when she left her village in Thailand and traveled to the city to be [...]
Community Garden: How a HerStory Club in Maryland is Addressing Food Insecurity
According to Feeding America, 41 million people in the United States face hunger every day. In communities like Windsor Valley, [...]
Social Emotional Learning and HerStory: What It Is and Why Its Important to Us
At its core, Social Emotional Learning is “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, [...]
Stop the Stigma: Menstrual Hygiene Day 2019
Every day girls around the world still face insurmountable challenges related to their period. 250 million girls in low- and [...]
4 Activities to Manage Stress and Practice Self-Care
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to not only increase the conversation around mental health in general, but [...]
Mental Health Awareness Month: Why We’re Prioritizing Mental Health
Since 1949, Mental Health America and its affiliates have recognized May as Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S. For [...]
Water for Change: How a HerStory Club in Peru is Providing Access to Clean Water
Worldwide, an estimated 780 million people do not have access to clean water (source: CDC). Unsafe drinking water, inadequate [...]
World Book Day: 5 Reads for Strong Women
Have you ever opened a book and completely lost yourself in it? There’s nothing like the smell of an old [...]
A Day in the Life: HerStory Kabul
For so many of us, the world can feel like such a huge place that it is hard to relate [...]
Girl Power: How a HerStory Club in Brazil is Addressing Gender Stereotypes in the Media
Every day and all around the world, radio stations are playing songs that portray women and girls in objectifying and [...]
Positive Girls Project: How a HerStory Club in Detroit is Helping Girls Become More Confident
By the time a girl reaches puberty, her self-esteem will have fallen by as much as 30% (source: The Atlantic). [...]
A Day in the Life: HerStory India
For so many of us, the world can feel like such a huge place that it is hard to relate [...]
Positive Affirmation Valentines
Positive affirmations can go a long way in brightening someone's day and helping them feel confident and empowered. This Valentine's [...]
How This Global G.L.O.W. Mentor Learned From Her Own Experiences to Help Change the Lives of Girls
Global G.L.O.W. HerStory mentor Virginia Bulacio (Vivi) was 15 when she arrived in the United States with her family from [...]
Champion a Girl to Change the World
We've accomplished a lot this year - from strengthening over 7,000 girls in weekly clubs and summits worldwide to launching [...]
Honor Someone Special This Holiday Season
2018 has been quite a year for us at Global G.L.O.W. We’ve had the opportunity to visit some of our [...]
Five Reasons to Invest in a Girl
On International Day of the Girl last month, Global G.L.O.W.'s HerStory participant Shreeya from Nepal gave a moving and poignant [...]
Girls for School: How One HerStory Club in Uganda is Keeping Girls in School
For many girls, getting their first period can be an uneasy and tumultuous time. It is often accompanied by significant [...]
4 Ways You Can Champion a Girl to Change the World
Child marriage. Poverty. Lack of access to education and proper healthcare. Girls in the United States and around the world [...]
The Global HerStory Summit and International Day of the Girl: Empowering Girls Around the World
Next week, we will join girls and women around the world to celebrate International Day of the Girl on Thursday, [...]
2018 Global HerStory Summit: Meet the Ambassadors
We are days away from the 2018 Global HerStory Summit, which kicks off in New York City on October 8th! [...]
2018 Global HerStory Summit: Meet the Ambassadors
Next month, 50 HerStory ambassadors and mentors will travel to New York City from 10 program sites across the world [...]
New Health & Wellness Program Healthy G.L.O.W. Launches in Kenya
This is an exciting time here at Global G.L.O.W.: we have launched the first pilot for our newest program, Healthy [...]
Q&A With Two HerStory BFFs
When girls form strong friendships, they support one another and feel more confident advocating for what they need. We love [...]
Here’s why investing in strong friendships at work is important
The very first day I met my Jill Ekonian at work, I knew I had just met a great future [...]
Is there a formula to making fierce female friendships?
Is there anything stronger than a circle of fierce female friends? It’s a question my own circle of fierce female [...]
HerStory Campaign Reaches South Dakota
Meet our newest HerStory Partnership Coordinator, Morgan Bringswhite! Morgan is excited to be bringing the HerStory Campaign to girls of [...]
A strong female friendship could transform your life
By Marah Stevenson, HerStory Southern California Program Coordinator When I was younger, I fell victim to the insidious, patriarchal belief [...]
Celebrating Male Allies
In many parts of the world, June is a time to celebrate Fathers Day and all the meaningful contributions that [...]
Telling HerStory: Two G.L.O.W. Graduates Share their Perspectives
June 11, 2018 Global GLOW’s HerStory programming grows with girls to meet their needs as we work to strengthen and [...]
Why talk about periods?
By Kylie Schuyler, Global G.L.O.W. Founder and CEO May 27, 2018 About half the world’s population gets a period once [...]
Phenomenal Detroit Girls & Women
Earlier this month, 36 girls and three mentors gathered for a local HerStory Summit at the Marcus Garvey Academy Media [...]
The Determination and Self-Confidence of Our Girls in Haiti is Unshakeable
When the HerStory Campaign team and I first landed in Haiti, I was taken back by the beautiful hills, the [...]
Give your mom a gift this year she will really love!
MAKE A GIFT DONATION NOW Mothers have given us so much! Whether it’s a mother, grandmother, stepmother, godmother or any [...]
Here’s one simple thing you can do to help us keep girls in school
130 million school-age girls throughout the world aren’t going to school today. If they were, they would be taking a [...]
Girls Show Strength Through Art in Detroit
During our recent HerStory Summit in Detroit, 50 girls from three different LitClubs throughout the city came together to participate [...]
Listen! Girls are Changing the World
Earlier this month at the United Nations in New York, I stood beside Lilibeth, a 17-year-old girl from the Philippines, [...]
DIY “I Am” Poem
At Global G.L.O.W., when we are not reading poems by fierce woman poets, we're writing them. In this post you [...]
Celebrating Day of the Girl
Finding My Purpose in Empowering Girls Celebrating International Day of The Girl Kylie Schuyler, Founder and CEO "In a rural [...]
One Girl and One Pen Can Change the World
One Child, One Book, One Pen Can Change the WorldBack to school is an exciting time for many children and [...]
New GLOW Executive Director’s Advice to Girls
Importance of Female Role Models Providing girls with dynamic mentorship and real world strong female role models are at the [...]
Strong Girls Are Rising in Cambodia
The Global G.L.O.W. and LitWorld teams recently visited girls and partners in Cambodia and Thailand, where the HerStory Campaign expanded [...]
Kenya Visit With HerStory Partners
In October, Global G.L.O.W. and LitWorld had the opportunity to visit HerStory Campaign partners in Kenya where we serve over [...]
The GLOW Show
Global Girls interview with WKE Inc.'s Allison Jenney, Technical Writer and Flora Zepeda, Transportation Engineer. Thank you for inviting my [...]
GLOBAL G.L.O.W. PRESS
July 2016 One Laguna woman’s art- and literacy-based Global GLOW program helps girls in Santa Ana and around the world. With [...]
G.L.O.W. Girls Participate in Team Kids Servathon Across America Bus Tour
Global G.L.O.W. was thrilled to be invited to partner with Team Kids at their first annual Servathon Across America bus [...]
Going to N.Y. for the HerStory Summit by AnaMaría Ortiz
I remember the day I first found out about the trip. Sue pulled me out of an art workshop in [...]
My Experience In New York by Leslie Luna
Hello, my name is Lesley Luna and I'm going to talk about my amazing experience in New York. At New [...]
Where I am from, Where I am now, Where I am going
Global G.L.O.W. girls in Santa Ana got a huge treat this summer when photojournalist Virginia Bulacio conducted a two-day photography [...]
A Letter From G.L.O.W. Girl Dulce Laguna
Dear Global Girls, I remember the day Kylie Schuyler came to NOVA and mentioned an all-girls after school program. The [...]
Global G.L.O.W. Art Summer Camp Photo Gallery
Global G.L.O.W. Hosts Free Summer Art Camp for Girls at Chin’s Push in Highland Park For the first time this [...]
EVERY GIRL HAS A STORY: The HerStory Summit
Author: Lisa Anderson, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Women Moving Millions Every girl has a story. She grows stronger and the [...]
Cosmopolitan Editorial
Recent Cosmo Editorial about Cal Bliss' philanthropic giving to Global G.L.O.W.
Summary of Haiti Trip, August 2015
Day 1 Our visit to Haiti was an incredible moment for us to deepen our work with our partners, the [...]
Educating Girls In 3rd World Countries Brings ROI
Educating girls is the key to prosperity in the Third World, according to a study by Kenneth Hadden, an associate [...]
For Girls in Africa, Education is an Uphill Fight
BALIZENDA, Ethiopia — Fatimah Bamun dropped out of Balizenda Primary School in the first grade, more than three years ago, [...]
Benefits Of Educating Girls In Developing Countries
Many children in the Global South do not have access to primary education. “113 million children of primary school age [...]
