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HERo Antonea visits the UN

Nick.com

December 12, 2011

Guest blogger Rocio at HALO Awards

Nick.com

November 7, 2011

Marlee Scott To “Girl Up” At Centennial Park

Nashville.com

October 18, 2011

Sofia Stafford: Teens Everywhere Can Take Action

Huffington Post

October 4, 2011

Victoria Justice Covers Girls' Life Magazine

Girls' Life

October 1, 2011

David Cook Donates New Single to Help Girl Up Transform Lives

December 22, 2011 Read more

Girl Up Highlights the Importance of Counting Girls as World Population Grows to 7 Billion

October 27, 2011 Read more

Youth Voices Stand Up Against Child Marriage at the White House

More than sixteen thousand U.S. teens and supporters today stood together, calling on the Obama Administration’s continued leadership to end child marriage, a global issue that will lead to 100 million child brides in the next decade if current trends continue.

July 18, 2011 Read more

Hundreds of Chicago Teens Unite for Girls Around the World

July 1, 2011 Read more

UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign thanks White House for partnership to unite girls around the world

June 27, 2011 Read more

Girls Speak - A New Voice in Global Development

By the International Center for Women's Research - In Girls Speak: A New Voice in Global Development, Margaret E. Greene, Laura Cardinal and Eve Goldstein-Siegel draw together girls’ voices as a call to the development community - from programmers to policymakers - to understand girls’ perspectives, needs and priorities and to work with girls to provide them with the means to reach their goals.

Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health

The report highlights serious health risks that are especially prevalent among women and girls, calls for increased action and investment in girls’ education and health agendas, and explains how the combined help of governments, non-governmental organizations, individuals and the private sector, can improve health prospects for millions of women around the world.

The Shape of Things to Come: The Effects of Age Structure on Development

By Population Action International Reports- In 2007, Population Action International (PAI) published 'The Shape of Things to Come: Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World.' Here, PAI updates and extends the analysis. Three case studies on Haiti, Yemen and Uganda examine the challenges specific to countries with very young age structures and recommend policy solutions.

New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls

By The Population Council- For 15 years, the development community has known about the radically high return of investing in girls’ education, yet little light has been shown on the intersection of education and adolescent girls. This report fills that gap.

Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda

By The Center for Global Development- Launched by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation in 2005, the Coalition's goal is to offer fresh perspectives, diverse resources, and concrete policy and program solutions to the challenges facing adolescent girls in developing countries. Our first step? Uncover adolescent girl–specific data and insights to drive meaningful action.