YOUTH
EMPOWERMENT
GIRL UP
A campaign of the United Nations Foundation, gives American girls the opportunity to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls.
GLOBAL YOUTH CONNECT
Dedicated to
empowering youth to advance human rights and
create a more just world.
LISTEN UP!
A youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
GIRLS RURAL
A volunteer organization created to empower girls living in RURAL areas culturally, socially, economically and politically through exciting research driven programming, sound mentoring, community outreach and activism.
GIRLSOURCE
Since 1998, GirlSource has been providing meaningful employment and leadership opportunities for low-income, high-school-age girls in San Francisco.
GRRLSTORIES
Believes that young girls have a choice in the story they create for themselves, and that witnessing how other girls live can help every young woman can create a powerful, personal story of her own.
THE GIRL EFFECT
n. — The powerful social and economic change
brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate.
PLATFORM SHOES FORUM
A unique integration of educational, research and creative expertise. We collaborate with educators, researchers, psychologists, web developers, artists, and content experts to translate ideas into action, channeling children’s natural attraction to media in constructive ways.
THE EDUCATIONAL VIDEO CENTER
A non-profit youth media organization dedicated to teaching documentary video as a means to develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills of young people, while nurturing their idealism and commitment to social change.
the oneminutesjr.
A video initiative that highlights and celebrates the diversity among youth around the world. Workshop participants produce videos of sixty seconds that are positive and powerful examples of the way visual arts works as a communication tool across cultural, geographic and national borders.
VOICES OF YOUTH DIGITAL DIARIES
All about young people who want to know more…do more…and say more about the world. These reports are first-person accounts by young people from around the world.
SPORTS
PRETTY TOUGH
A voice for girls who kick butt on and off the field, the track, the slopes and elsewhere. We want to draw attention to the strengths girls possess and inspire them to feel beautiful because of their incredible abilities. We make strength and courage attractive and accessible to all girls – competitors, spectators, fans or simply those looking to get involved. Whether you’re looking for information or inspiration, you’ll find it here.
SHE LOVES SPORTS
Social Network for Active Girls & Women in Sports
FANATCHICKS
For chicks who dig sports! Fanatchicks is an online lounge for girls and women to discuss sports, health and fitness news from teen sports to college sports, NFL, NBA, MLB, and more!
HUMAN
RIGHTS
CODEPINK
A women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.
WITNESS
Uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.
WITNESS envisions a just, equitable world in which all individuals and communities are able to defend and uphold their human rights.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
LABOR
RIGHTS
BEHIND THE LABEL
BehindTheLabel.org is a multimedia news website covering the stories of people fighting for fundamental human and labor rights against the goliath global clothing industry. BehindTheLabel.org represents the efforts of a global alliance of clothing workers, religious leaders, and students standing up to demand human rights for sweatshop workers.
FILMS &
MEDIA
AFRICA 10
The feature documentary that follows the lives of a group of Africans in the run-up to the World Cup. From kids kicking a homemade ball in the street, to passionate fans, community activists, world leaders, aspiring young players and African legends of the game’s past and present, the film depicts the rich — and at moments heartbreaking — story of life and football in Africa. It is a kaleidoscope of modern Africa that many have never seen and few will soon forget.
FILMAID INTERNATIONAL
Uses the power of film and video to reach the world’s most vulnerable communities with messages that inspire them, address their critical shared needs, and effect social change.
MEDIA THAT MATTERS FILM FESTIVAL
The premiere showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. Local and global, online and in communities around the world, Media That Matters engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action.
OneWorld.net
An online media gateway for independently produced news on a host of issues that impact people worldwide. Built on sources from our global network, which includes nongovernmental organizations, development-oriented news services, foundations and research institutions, this unique Web space is both a search engine and online community for organizations and individuals seeking in-depth information or guidance on how to become involved in addressing challenges facing people worldwide.
BOOKS
RED the Book
A collection of personal (sometimes very personal) essays by the next generation of writers — teenage girls — on what fires up their lives today. Published by Hudson Street Press in November 2007; paperback from Plume October 2008. Compiled by Amy Goldwasser
