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Posts Tagged ‘healthy media’
Girls Scouts Get New, Updated Badges; Reflect Science & Technology
In Camp, Conferences, Education, Girls, Leadership, Media & Technology on October 16, 2011 at 3:44 pmWomen & Mobile: An Empowering Partnership
In Education, Health & Wellness, Leadership, Media & Technology on October 16, 2011 at 3:39 pmAccording to a report published by the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and the GSMA, Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity, cell phones improve women’s lives: 93 percent of female mobile phone users feel safer with a phone, 85 percent feel more independent, and 41 percent use their phones to increase their income and professional opportunities. Moreover, closing the gender gap is not only good for women and development, it’s good for business. Adding 300 million women subscribers could generate $13 billion in immediate incremental revenue for mobile phone operators. Such statistics indicate that there is much to be gained by empowering women through mobile technology. Learn more.
Have You Played Video Games With Your Daughter Today?
In Girls, Media & Technology on February 6, 2011 at 11:11 amAccording to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health, gaming may be good for teen girls’ mental health — so long as they play with their parents. A Times Magazine article addresses the benefits that video gaming and parental interaction can have on adolescent girls. Read the full article.
Girls Institute Offers Opportunity for Girls to be Themselves
In Camp, Education, Girls, Leadership on August 15, 2010 at 3:47 pmThe New York Time recently went inside Rachel Simmons’ Girls Leadership Institute, which directs camps and workshops designed to teach girls, educators and parents the core practices of emotional intelligence, healthy relationships, and assertive self-expression. Read the full article.
A Healthy Media for Youth
In Girls, Government, Media & Technology, Uncategorized on April 20, 2010 at 11:21 amTammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have introduced “the Healthy Media for Youth Act to “authorize grants to promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, to authorize research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media, to provide for the establishment of a National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media…” Read more.
