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Take Action Tuesday: Enter "The Sound of Change Sweepstakes"

What do Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Ellie Goulding and Florence + the Machine all have in common? They’ll be at The Sound of Change Live concert, and you can be, too! Girl Up is thrilled to announce “The Sound of Change Sweepstakes”, your chance to win two tickets to The Sound of Change Live on June 1, 2013 at Twickenham Stadium in London.

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Fab Female Friday: Leymah Gbowee

Who would believe that 3000 women protesting in a fish market would end a civil war? Through involving and organizing Liberia’s women, Leymah Gbowee and her supporters managed to put an end to the 14-year Liberian civil war.

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Bringing the Bay Area Together to Support Girl Up!

After seven months of brainstorming, planning, and organizing, we hosted the first Bay Area Leadership Summit! The summit was put together by a group of my friends here at Stanford and hosted by Castilleja, an all-girls school in Palo Alto dedicated to creating women leaders.

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Take Action Tuesday: Learn about Girls on the Move

Can you imagine leaving your home, community and family at only 12 years old? Girls on the Move: Adolescent Girls and Migration in the Developing World, the latest report in the Girls Count series, explores adolescent girls and internal migration. Released today, this is the first report to give an in-depth look at the opportunities and the challenges girls may face when they relocate in pursuit of greater opportunities.

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Mom + Social: A Conversation with Change Makers

My bond with my mother is why I was especially excited to be a part of Mom + Social to talk about the advocacy work I do for high school and college-aged women in the context of a space honoring the importance of mothers.

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Books not Flowers

Juana recently learned to read — her favorite book is Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. At 31 years old, Juana is the mother of three young daughters who are also learning to read.  In the evenings, they help each other with their homework.

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Be a Leader this Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate mothers around the world, and on this day I cannot help but think about the incredible impact my mother has had on me, my life and my development into a strong, young woman.

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Take Action Tuesday: Chime for Change

Anything is possible when we come together and #Chime for Change! Chime for Change, founded by GUCCI, is a new global campaign to raise funds and awareness for girls' and women's empowerment.

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Take Action: A Call for Girl Up Teen Advisors

Do you know someone who’s got what it takes to be a Girl Up Teen Advisor? Or maybe you are the girl for the job? May 1-31, you can nominate a girl to serve a year-long commitment beginning this September as an advisor for Girl Up.

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Fab Female Friday: Zeenat Rahman

Like all of us at Girl Up, Zeenat Rahman strongly believes in the power of youth. Recognizing that half of the world is under the age of 25, Zeenat knows that global problems cannot be solved without the youth participation.

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