GirlSpeak

Join us for the latest girl-related news from around the world, including a special announcement about our latest fundraiser and how you can get these limited edition Girl Power shirts!

Join our Junior Girls to explore how girls are represented in museums across Europe and the United States, in celebration of International Day of the Girl 2016.  Museums reviewed include the Confluence Museum, Hands on History in Hull, The British Museum, Georgian House in Edinburgh, Museo Picasso, the Museum of Brands, Packaging, and Advertising, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

Join us as we round up the latest girl-related news for the month of September. Stories include updates on #BringBackOurGirls, new legislation on women's rights, details on the rise of acid attacks against young girls, the Kung Fu nuns, and many incredible girls making strides in STEM and various competitions.

Celebrate the launch of our latest exhibit, Gazed and Confused, with a special look at the stories behind five of the most influential and ground-breaking female artists of all time.  Join us to discover the stories of Guan Daosheng, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, Mary Cassatt, and Rosa Bonheur.

We round up the latest girl-related news for the month of August, including:

- firsts for women at the 2016 Olympics;

- updates on child marriage laws and incidents;

- discussions of the Burkini Ban in France; and

- incredible girls impacting their communities.

What do Cleopatra, Sailor Moon, Eowyn, Buffy, and Wonder Woman have in common? Find out as we explore the lives and legacies of these incredible pop culture heroines...and give you a sneak peek at our final exhibition for 2016!

Tiffany Rhoades rounds up the latest girl news from around the globe.  This month, many major legal reforms have positively impacted girls and girls' rights in the US, UK, Gambia, and Tanzania.  Additionally, new programs continue to advance girls' welfare  in Morocco, and we cover the outcry over the recent murder of young Qandeel Baloch in Pakistan.

Journey with us to World War II to discover the lives - and heartbreak - of the Kindertransport.  Full script included below.

Today we will be looking at the Girls who travelled with the Kindertransport of WWII. 

 So firstly what was the Kindertransport? Kindertransport means “Children’s transport” in German and it was the mass movement of young children, mainly Jewish, out of Germany and occupied or threatened lands to safer countries, primarily Great Britain. After “Kristallnacht” or “night of the broken glass” in 1938, many people and some governments realized that the situation in Germany had become dangerous for Jewish people. With some persuasion the British government, who at the time governed the safest place in Europe, decided to let a small amount of unaccompanied minors, to be fostered in to British families. Through this and mass support from Quaker groups and the Refugee C

Tiffany rounds up the latest girl-related news from around the globe.

 Discussions on the United State of Women, Education Cannot Wait fund, a

new female artist at the Met, ISIS's ongoing genocide, FGM, child

marriage, and several amazing protests in support of women and girls.

 See below for full show notes.

up this month, the United States held its first-ever United State of

Women summit, which aimed to rally together advocates of gender equality

and highlight what the country has achieved, identify challenges that

remain, and chart the course for addressing those challenges.  Over

5,000 women participated in the summit, which focused on economic

empowerment, health and wel

Uncover the ancient secrets of three incredible queens: Amanirenas, queen of the Kush who led a successfull rebellion against the Romans in Egypt; Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, whose fascination with snakes would drive the course of history; and Hatshepsut, the longest-reigning female pharoah of Ancient Egypt, whose success was so great that she remains throughout Egypt despite attempts to erase her from the historical record...and whose accomplishments were so prolific that every major museum in the world has something she built.