Stories of feminism by young women around the world.

EF Japan x GirlsComputingLeague Coding Workshop

Hey! This is Yuko Nagakura, the Chapter Leader for GirlsComputingLeague (GCL). GCL is a non-profit organization founded by Harvard University student, Kavya Kopparapu with the goal of changing the lives ...

by Yuko Nagakura • 04-02-202104-17-2021

Japan

Stop Using the Passive Voice

“Women were harassed at the workplace.” “Women were raped.” “Women were domestically abused.” These are phrases that we commonly hear on the news. However, something is odd about these words. ...

by Yulina Goto • 03-31-202103-31-2021

South Africa

The Adultification Of Black Girls

“he officer that came and … fingerprinted me — he was like: ‘Well, child, you know, don’t lie to us. And if you tell us the real — your real ...

by Aikah Zungu • 03-24-202103-23-2021

New Zealand

The Disappearance 35 Million Girls

“My mother was a B-ultrasound doctor, she knew a lot about abortions, back then our country wasn’t strict about it so many people privately identified the fetus’ sex. My mum ...

by SHEQUALITY • 03-17-202103-15-2021

Japan

Japan’s Declining Birth Rate

Japan has one of the lowest birth rates globally. In fact, the fertility rate was 1.36 in 2020, entering its fourth year of consecutive decline. Japan is also the most ...

by Yulina Goto • 03-10-202103-11-2021

UAE

Male Birth Control

Once again the responsibility falls heavily on women, but this time it is embedded even in research. Let’s talk birth control… I like to think that a person with more ...

by Fatima Sourkatti • 03-03-202103-03-2021

Costa Rica

Men Can’t Be Feminist

Disclaimer: this is my opinion, you can think differently. In 2015 Emma Watson said “If you stand for equality, then you’re a feminist”, I think differently. The Oxford English Dictionary ...

by Dahiana Gussoni • 02-24-202102-21-2021

New Zealand

Sex Workers: The Netherlands

Sex Work has been around since the beginning of time as it seems, being dated back as far as 2,400 BC. When my family and I were in Amsterdam we ...

by Nadine Wesseling • 02-10-202102-06-2021