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  2. Youth empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Youth empowerment examines six interdependent dimensions: psychological, community, organizational, economic, social and cultural. [1] [8] Psychological empowerment enhances individual's consciousness, belief in self-efficacy, awareness and knowledge of problems and solutions and of how individuals can address problems that harm their quality of life. [1]

  3. Variety honorees for the upcoming Power of Women issue on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and event on Thursday, Oct. 24, are Amy Adams, Bela Bajaria, Carol Burnett and Zoe Saldaña. The event, in partnership ...

  4. 37th Tokyo International Film Festival - Wikipedia

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    The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival will take place from October 28 to November 6, 2024. From this edition, it will introduce a new Women's Empowerment section. This year the festival will showcase the works of director Yu Irie, a Japanese film director and screenwriter in its Nippon Cinema Now strand. [1]

  5. Wendy Schaetzel Lesko - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Matthew Lesko. Website. www.youthinfusion.org. Wendy Schaetzel Lesko is co-founder of Youth Infusion as well as co-founder of the Youth Activism Project. Lesko is an author of several books on youth-led advocacy, especially in the public policy arena, and recognized nationally as an expert on intergenerational collaboration. [1]

  6. Born This Way Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Born This Way Foundation (sometimes abbreviated as BTWF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 by American artist and activist Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta. [2][3][4][5] Named after the singer's 2011 album Born This Way, and the song with the same name the foundation is committed to supporting the wellness of young people ...

  7. YWCA - Wikipedia

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    YWCA. The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC. The YWCA is independent of the YMCA ...

  8. Girls, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Girls Inc. (Girls Club of America) movement was founded in 1864 in Waterbury, Connecticut. The organization's mission was to help young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of job opportunities, experiencing upheaval in the aftermath of the Civil War. [3][4] In 1945, fourteen charter Girls Clubs joined together to form a ...

  9. Gloria Steinem - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.gloriasteinem.com. Signature. Gloria Marie Steinem (/ ˈstaɪnəm / STY-nəm; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [ 1 ][ 4 ][ 2 ] Steinem was a columnist for New York ...