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Roxanne Shante. Lolita Shante Gooden (born November 9, 1969), [1] better known by her stage name Roxanne Shante, is an American rapper. She first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and was part of the Juice Crew. The 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne is a dramatization of Shante's life.
Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. [1] [2] [3] Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the different ...
Girls Action Foundation provides funds and training to over 100 girls’ programs in communities across Canada. It also offers programs, research and support to a network of over 300 partnering organizations and projects, reaching over 60,000 Canadian girls and young women annually, particularly in under-represented communities including Northern, racialised, low-income, Aboriginal and ...
The program provides girls with 35 to 50 hours of mentoring each school year and will follow participants through middle school, said Michelle Freeman, vice president of programs at Girls Inc. of ...
Ahead of the July 21 release of “Barbie,” Warner Bros. Discovery and Mattel have partnered with humanitarian organization Save the Children to launch a girls’ empowerment initiative.
Decades of role models and mentorship. U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, a former teacher and principal, founded the program in 1993 during her time as a Miami-Dade County School Board member.
Running Start is a nonprofit organization that trains high school, college and young professional women to develop the confidence, capabilities and connections they need to run for elected office and win. Each year, Running Start hosts about 100 trainings around the country. It has trained over 20,000 women. [1]
Girls on the Run (also referred to as Girls on the Run International ), a national non-profit [1] organization, designs programming that strengthens third- to eighth grade girls’ social, emotional, physical and behavioral skills to successfully navigate life experiences. The program’s intentional curriculum places an emphasis on developing ...