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Girls Empowerment Network – Austin, TX

By at July 16, 2010 | 4:27 pm | 0 Comment

Website: www.genaustin.org Telephone: (512) 841-4093 Mission GEN's mission is to foster healthy self-esteem in girls by engaging them to explore and define their personal values and to build skills that empower them with confidence and courage to make wise choices. Values GENaustin girls will Identify important values in their lives and make decisions that are

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Project: Woman To Woman, Inc. – Jacksonville, FL

By at July 8, 2010 | 9:17 pm | 0 Comment

Project: Woman To Woman, Inc Founder: Yashica Fowler Website: http://www.projectwomantowoman.org Telephone: 904.962.9735 Email: projectwoman[at]projectwomantowoman.org   Mission Speaking to the hearts and minds of women and girls that tragedy turns triumphant. Project: Woman to Woman, Inc., a faith-based organization developed to empower women and

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Spirits Landing, Inc. – Beverly Hills, CA

By at August 19, 2009 | 7:51 pm | 0 Comment

Spirits Landing, Inc. is a non-profit organization, founded by Executive Director Tabbatha Mays, that will help girls take the things they learn in school and teach them how to apply them to their daily lives.       Mission To provide all of the necessary tools needed for girls to live in excellence and become well rounded ladies who will contribute

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7 Tips To Help Your Daughter Build Confidence

By at July 9, 2009 | 7:16 pm | 1 Comments

What do girls need to succeed? To feel confident, capable and whole. For starters, they need to learn how to feel comfortable in their own skin, to develop the inner strength to deal with the demands of peers, school and society and to love themselves just the way they are. But it's difficult. Because girls receive so many conflicting messages that it's difficult

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Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. – Charlotte, NC

By at June 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | 3 Comments

Active in the community, Janine Davis started Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. in 2003 after visiting several middle and high schools, where girls opened up to her with their issues. Janine organized an all-girls rap session later that year to focus on the needs of teen girls—nearly 200 girls attended.  Ms. Davis took the rap sessions a bit further to start an organization

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The #1 Website About Girls Health

By at May 26, 2009 | 1:15 am | 0 Comment

Girlshealth.gov  is a website that was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. It focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about and helps motivate them to choose healthy behaviors by using positive, supportive, and non-threatening messages. The site gives girls reliable, useful information on the health

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Help Your Teen Daughter Develop A Healthy Body Image

By at May 24, 2009 | 12:00 pm | 3 Comments

By Aurelia Williams, Author of Understanding Your Teen   I'm fat!" "I'm ugly!" "I have nothing to wear that doesn't make me look gross!" Despite all your pep talks and positive reinforcement, you can't seem to get through to your daughter. She's unhappy with her appearance and convinced that everyone else is looking at her with judgment. You're sad that

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