OF 774 MILLION ILLITERATE ADULTS WORLDWIDE
TWO THIRDS ARE WOMEN
AN EDUCATED WOMAN
HAS FEWER AND HEALTHIER BABIES
WOMEN PRODUCE 50% OF THE WORLD’S FOOD
YET ONLY OWN 1% OF THE FARMLAND
WOMEN REPRESENT LESS THAN 18% OF ALL LEGISLATORS
WORLDWIDE
EVERY 90 SECONDS
A WOMAN DIES IN CHILDBIRTH
WORLDWIDE
OVER 1,000,000 GIRLS ARE TRAFFICKED EACH YEAR
IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
ONE IN SEVEN GIRLS GETS MARRIED BEFORE HER 15TH BIRTHDAY
ONE IN THREE WOMEN
HAS BEEN BEATEN OR SEXUALLY ABUSED
Stirring the Fire would like to announce our new multimedia workshops. STF workshops will serve to help nonprofits that work to promote gender equality, to tell their story and give them online strategies to get that story in front of the audience they need to reach.
Lumana's Fellows program concludes our International Women’s Day - “Inspire Changemakers” campaign. A huge thanks to all of our guest bloggers for sharing with us these wonderful non-profits empowering women and girls. We hope you learned about a volunteer opportunity that matches your interests and inspires you to be a changemaker!
The seventh day of our Inspire Changemakers campaign comes to us from Rebecca who is currently traveling with Carpe Diem Education. During her trip she visited Mufindi Orphans Inc. and shares with us the work they are doing to empower women entrepreneurs and combat the HIV-AIDS epidemic and resulting orphans dilemma in Tanzania.
Advocate Safehouse Project is a community based non-profit in Glenwood Springs, Colorado whose mission is to, ‘promote healthy relationships free from violence through education, advocacy, empowerment, and safe housing.
PACE Center for Girls is our fifth feature this week by Maisy Page, and is a wonderful organization that empowers youth through education, advocacy, training, and much more!
For the fourth day of our Inspire Changemakers Campaign, our guest blogger Sunni Campell features Reel Grrls, a nonprofit organization empowering young women and girls through media literacy, film, and media!
We continue with our third guest blogger Roya Jalili as part of our Inspire Changemakers Campaign. On day three we share with you an interview with Women for Afghan Women located in Queens, NY and Afghanistan. This human rights organization works to support refugee families from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Morocco.
Today we hear from Amanda Coen from N.Y. who video interviewed the Lower Eastside Girls Club in Manhattan. The Girls Club is a place where young women can feel empowered, become inspired, and grow into strong independent women of the world!
Its Day 1 one of our Inspire Changemakers Campaign! Danielle Prince starts us off as our first guest blogger, with an interview of the Eastside Domestic Violence Program just outside Seattle!
We are please to announce that Emily Lohmeyer, a student at the University of San Diego, is the inaugural recipient of the "Stirring the Fire" Fellowship, a $3,000 grant made to the University of San Diego by social documentary photographer Phil Borges and Stirring the Fire. Learn more about Emily’s fellowship on our blog, and stay updated with Emily's reports from the field in Nakuru, Kenya where she is currently volunteering with Sure 24, a local orphanage for children.
With Stirring the Fire’s “Inspire Changemakers” campaign we are reaching out to you, citizen journalists, to share on our blog the great ways to become a changemaker in your community. For International Women’s Day, March 8th, we will feature eight volunteer opportunities with organizations working to empower women and girls for eight consecutive days from March 1st to March 8th. Check out our blog to learn more!
Stirringthefire.org has a new community where you can connect with those who are passionate about empowering women and girls. When you create an account you can share your passion for gender equality in your journal, save the opportunities you find in "Take Action" and tailor your avenue to get involved. To join us click on “Log In”!
Stirring the Fire comes to you from Guatemala where our team traveled to produce a documentary about how Population Council Guatemala is preventing violence against Mayan women. Read about the trip here on our blog!
Phil traveled to Liberia to document the work of Foundation for Women (FFW), an organization that strives to continually support and encourage impoverished women, both globally and locally, by funding and creating microcredit programs. A longtime supporter of Phil and his work, Kevin Castner accompanied him and reported back to us from the field. Follow their trip to see how microcredit empowers not only women, but entire communities!
