“Where and who you are right now should never define what you can become”
Theirworld is marking International Women’s Day 2017 on March 8 by talking to inspiring women from across the globe. Read the full series here.
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Special T-shirt to raise funds for #RewritingTheCode campaign
A unisex T-shirt has been designed to promote the message of Theirworld's campaign to highlight the hidden codes that hold back girls and women.
“We can change children from consumers to producers and young entrepreneurs”
Theirworld is marking International Women’s Day 2017 on March 8 by telling the stories of inspiring women from across the globe. Read the full series here.
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Girls to learn technology skills at new Code Clubs in Tanzania
The clubs - which provide a safe space for girls to learn coding and other skills - are being launched by Theirworld today on International Women's Day.
“I want to be the kind of girl who educates other girls and reduces some of the ills that affect our society”
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, we talk to Shalom - a Club Mentor at BRAC Tanzania's Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents Programme about her work with vulnerable girls.
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“We can’t reach all the refugee children – I get angry but it makes me work harder”
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, we talk to Maria Assi of Beyond Association in Lebanon about her work with refugee children from Syria.
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“Women are complete human beings and don’t need to compare themselves”
Theirworld is marking International Women’s Day 2017 on March 8 by talking to inspiring women from across the globe.Read the full series here.
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School for grandmothers: Indian women aged 60 to 90 get lessons for the first time
Set up last year to mark International Women's Day, the school in Maharashtra state is thought to be the only one of its kind for uneducated, elderly women.
“We need to see girls as precious assets – custodians of the values that sustain our society”
Ahead of International Women's Day, Global Youth Ambassador Ousmane Ba writes about the struggle for girls' and women's rights in his native Sierra Leone and across the world.
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#RewritingTheCode campaign spotlights discrimination against girls and women
Theirworld launches its 2017 campaign today, ahead of International Women's Day, to expose the embedded values that discriminate against females in education, at work and in the wider world.