https://www.girlsglobe.org Gender equality, human rights and social justice. Fri, 23 May 2025 11:36:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.girlsglobe.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/girlsglobe_icon_green2-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.girlsglobe.org 32 32 128553070 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/05/23/neha-mankani-midwifery-and-the-climate-crisis/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/05/23/neha-mankani-midwifery-and-the-climate-crisis/#respond Fri, 23 May 2025 11:35:50 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=66577 Neha Mankani is a community midwife and global health practitioner from Pakistan with a strong focus on reproductive health and rights in crisis situations, emergency response and climate-affected communities. 

Neha is the Humanitarian and Climate Engagement Advisor at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and the founder of the Mama Baby Fund; a financial emergency fund for maternal and neonatal healthcare in Pakistan. She has extensive experience in SRHR and maternal and neonatal health clinical practice, programming, and midwifery advocacy both at the local and global levels.

In this episode, Neha shares stories from her work with the coastal communities outside of Karachi, Pakistan and why she stared Mama Baby Fund. As a midwife with the ICM, Julia and Neha talk about how to build resilience in communities affected by the climate crisis and the critical role that midwives have.]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2025/05/23/neha-mankani-midwifery-and-the-climate-crisis/feed/ 0 66577 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2023/10/25/dr-taveeshi-gupta-boys-men-fathers-and-gender-equality/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2023/10/25/dr-taveeshi-gupta-boys-men-fathers-and-gender-equality/#respond Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:53:15 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=64641&preview=true&preview_id=64641

In this episode, Dr. Taveeshi Gupta speaks with Julia Wiklander about the new State of the World's Fathers report, masculinity and gender equality.

They speak about the impact of the digital world on young boys perceptions of gender equality. And why boys must be included in gender equality work. Taveeshi shares personal stories of what brought her to work with men, boys and masculinities in the first place. She shares what brings her hope and how she stays motivated to continue this important work.

Dr. Taveeshi Gupta is the Director of Research, Evaluation and Learning at Equimundo. Her expertise lies in understanding the role of gender norms in perpetuating violence against women and children, creating inequitable home and workplace environments, and reinforcing inter-generational transmission of harmful gender identities for boys and girls.

]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2023/10/25/dr-taveeshi-gupta-boys-men-fathers-and-gender-equality/feed/ 0 64641 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2023/10/05/yodit-kifle-smith-usa/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2023/10/05/yodit-kifle-smith-usa/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:22:17 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=64577&preview=true&preview_id=64577 Yodit Kifle Smith is a daughter, sister, wife, friend to many, and now also the mother of a precious daughter, a role she treasures deeply. Among her many other roles, Yodit is the co-host of the Power of Stories Podcast.  In this episode, Yodit discusses her new role as a mom… learning to see the […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2023/10/05/yodit-kifle-smith-usa/feed/ 0 64577 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2021/03/10/whats-holding-women-back-from-leadership-in-medicine/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2021/03/10/whats-holding-women-back-from-leadership-in-medicine/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:22:43 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=59834&preview=true&preview_id=59834 In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first-ever woman in the United States to earn an MD degree. Fast forward to 2021. In many ways, women in medicine have come a long way. There are now more women entering the medical field than ever before. However, that hasn’t necessarily translated into an increase in female leadership […]]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2021/03/10/whats-holding-women-back-from-leadership-in-medicine/feed/ 0 59834 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2020/09/05/breast-ironing-a-harmful-practice-that-spans-generations/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2020/09/05/breast-ironing-a-harmful-practice-that-spans-generations/#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:27:22 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=57008 Hope shuddered as she thought of what awaited her. Her developing breasts throbbed with excruciating pain, worsened hours ago when her mama had pounded them with hot stones. She’d cried and pled as mama pounded and auntie held her, but it was useless...]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2020/09/05/breast-ironing-a-harmful-practice-that-spans-generations/feed/ 0 57008 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2019/05/07/another-birth-story-amy-advocating-for-yourself/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2019/05/07/another-birth-story-amy-advocating-for-yourself/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 11:15:54 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=48244 In Episode 13 of The Positive Birth Story Podcast, we hear once again from Amy.]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2019/05/07/another-birth-story-amy-advocating-for-yourself/feed/ 0 48244 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/11/20/no-child-alone-investing-in-care-for-children/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/11/20/no-child-alone-investing-in-care-for-children/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:49:25 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=40510 To commemorate Universal Children's Day 2017, SOS Children’s Villages asked children all over the world to show us how their mom or dad care for them.]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/11/20/no-child-alone-investing-in-care-for-children/feed/ 0 40510 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/10/09/not-finding-sex-baby/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/10/09/not-finding-sex-baby/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:00:11 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=39989 Just like adults, children are often limited by their sex - which is a problem since all humans have a unique setup of DNA, with differing appearances, personality traits, preferences and interests.]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/10/09/not-finding-sex-baby/feed/ 1 39989 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/06/22/fathers-role-achieving-gender-equality/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/06/22/fathers-role-achieving-gender-equality/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:56:25 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=37591 Fathers are interested, they want information and they do want to be close to their children. Why then are women still the ones taking on the majority of the responsibility, and what consequences does this have?]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/06/22/fathers-role-achieving-gender-equality/feed/ 0 37591 https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/06/18/new-report-launched-state-worlds-fathers/ https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/06/18/new-report-launched-state-worlds-fathers/#respond Sun, 18 Jun 2017 11:00:48 +0000 https://www.girlsglobe.org/?p=37379 On 9 June 2017 - just ahead of Father’s Day in many countries - Promundo launched the State of the World’s Fathers: Time for Action, a publication of MenCare: A Global Fatherhood Campaign. ]]> https://www.girlsglobe.org/2017/06/18/new-report-launched-state-worlds-fathers/feed/ 0 37379