invest in a girl and she will do the rest.

This is a brilliant video and I couldn't resist watching it 3 times in a row.  It left me with chills and feeling very inspired. 

There are 600 million adolescent girls around the world living in poverty.  By giving one of these girls a chance, you start what can be referred to as The Girl Effect.  When girls have safe places to meet, education, legal protection, health care, and access to training and job skills, they can thrive.  And when they thrive, everyone around them thrives too. 

If you want to end poverty and help the developing world, the best thing you can do is invest time, energy, and funding into adolescent girls.  It's called the girl effect, because girls are uniquely capable of investing in their communities and making the world better.   The following poster outlines 10 things that are standing in their way...

If you want to read more, go to girleffect.org

women of Katolo

educate one woman, educate a nation...

...this is the philosophy of SSEG - South Sudan Educates Girls. We recently found out about this amazing organisation from a friend who is involved. It is so great to come across similar minded people who believe whole heartedly in the importance of educating women.

SSEG aims to provide increased educational access and opportunities for girls in Southern Sudan. To achieve this, SSEG is building a girls' highschool in the town of Aweil and aims to contribute to the rebuilding of Southern Sudan by increasing education levels in the country

This charity organisation was set up by Sudanese people living in Australia with the help of some Australian school teachers and community members. Members of the SSEG committee have been inspired by the story of Anna Dimo and her dream to enable women to be educated participants in the rebuilding of South Sudan.

Congratulations to the committee on all your hard work so far, we at bricks + cartwheels know what it takes to establish something at this scale. We look forward to following your progress.

Quentin Bryce

There was a great interview on the 7:30 report ABC with our new Governor General Quentin Bryce. Quentin is Australia's first female head of state and after a life time of feminist activisim Quentin told Kerry O'Brien how it feels and how she still wants to make a difference. 

Quentin has made alot of firsts in her amazing career, she was one of Australia's first female barristers and the first woman appointed to the University of Queensland's Law School. She has broken the mould again by giving a lengthy and informal interview as Govenor General, and what she hopes to achieve in the job.  

Quentin Bryce is an amazing person and has really made her mark on the women's movement in Australia. This interview is definitely one to watch! You can find it here.