International Day of the Girl child focuses the much needed attention on the necessity to address the challenges that girls face. This promotes girls' empowerment and their human rights.
In NYC, we have 7 extraordinary all girls independent schools where this work is being done, check them out:
The Brearley School. https://www.brearley.org
The Convent of the Sacred Heart. https://www.cshnyc.org
The Chapin School https://www.chapin.edu
The Hewitt School. https://www.hewittschool.org
The Marymount School. https://www.marymountnyc.org
The Nightingale-Bamford School. https://www.nightingale.org
The Spence School. https://www.spenceschool.org
Psychologist Lisa Damour wants girls to know that "their true value lies in their contents, not their containers." We need to teach girls how strong they are and give them their voices.
Read your daughters the stories and talk about making a difference! Teach them gender equity matters.
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