{"id":1517,"date":"2009-02-17T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T15:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2009-02-17T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T15:58:32","slug":"what-do-girls-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2009\/02\/17\/what-do-girls-want\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Girls Want?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Earlier this month, my colleagues at the National Council for Research on Women asked advocates and scholars working on issues affecting girls\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives–along with girls themselves–to address the national conversation on girl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s needs, desires, and rights. What would they like to see changed? Some links to their responses, below.<\/p>\n

Navigating Girlhood to Womanhood from New Moon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Nancy Gruver<\/a><\/p>\n

Twelve-year Old Calls for Better Educational Opportunities for Girls, by Hannah
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Dear Arne Duncan\u00e2\u20ac\u201dNot Everyone Learns the Same Way! by Sylvie, grade 5
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Young Obama Campaign Worker Wants Equal Opportunities to Pursue Her Dreams, by Ashley, age 14
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

With New President, Young Girl Sees Chance for the End of Racism, by Nkem, age 10
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Discrimination Can Happen \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Anywhere, Anytime, to Anyone\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, by the Girls Editorial Board of New Moon
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See Dad, by Joe Kelly
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Lyn Mikel Brown Counters the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mean Girl\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Onslaught with Strength-Based Programs<\/a><\/p>\n

Allison Kimmich Advises Obama to Connect Policy to Parenting<\/a><\/p>\n

GIRLS FORUM: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, by Courtney Macavinta, founder and CEO of Respect Rx <\/a><\/p>\n

GIRLS FORUM: Kathy Cloninger\u00e2\u20ac\u201cDeveloping Girls of Courage, Confidence, and Character<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, my colleagues at the National Council for Research on Women asked advocates and scholars working on issues affecting girls\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives–along with girls themselves–to address the national conversation on girl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s needs, desires, and rights. What would they like to see changed? Some links to their responses, below. Navigating Girlhood to Womanhood from New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1902,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21395],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-girls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}