62 million girls don’t have access to school Women make up up 70% of those living on less than $1 a day Childbirth is the 2nd leading cause of death of girls between the age of 15 and 19 Do you think these facts are from 1915 or 2015? You might be wrong…..
This is a beautiful song by Claire Hayden and Becky Philips from Cork. The song is a duet between a mother and a daughter about the effects of bullying, really lovely and thought provoking. Well done girls.
Photographer Meg Bitton has shared a photo of a transgender teen in response to controversial laws in the US that force members of the transgender community to use bathrooms that reflect the sex written on their birth certificates. Corey Maison was born male, but is currently undergoing transition with hormone therapy. In the photo, she is wearing makeup, has her golden
This is hard to watch. Real men read real comments made online to sports reporters Sarah Spain and Julie Dicaro. You can see how uncomfortable they become as they realise the reality faced by some women who are just trying to do their jobs.
I try to listen to a TED Talk every morning, in order to start the day on a positive note. I came across this gem this morning from Lizzie Velasquez. Born with a syndrome which means she can never gain weight, Lizzie has faced every kind of bullying, including being dubbed the “worlds ugliest