A competition offers girls a chance to escape a life laid out since birth.
And this uniform, they argued, offers girls the most self-undermining ideals: a girly, sugary, pretty-pretty, passive, flirty image which prepares them for a life of hairdressing and lapdancing.
Soccer in the fall offers girls the benefit of being able to move beyond section competition, perhaps to the state tournament, with perhaps all-state recognition and college scholarship money for some of the players.
Starlings is a nonprofit organization that offers girls from lower-income, ethnically diverse environments a chance to play club volleyball.
"It's a job that little girls grow up dreaming of, and Model Mayhem offers girls entrance into this elite industry they know nothing about.
In Liberia, lawmakers passed The Children's Law, which offers girls protection from child marriage and provides victims of domestic abuse with increased support.
GFC grantee partner Children of the World Foundation offers girls a second chance at education and trains young women in livelihood skills.
This year's charity partner, Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles offers girls and young women the world's premier personal growth and leadership development experience.
The program offers girls the opportunity to learn and to enjoy fitness as they develop the physical and emotional strength needed to meet personal goals, and to build self-esteem.
The programme offers girls in grades 5 and 6 weekly life skills classes that deal with a variety of topics, ranging from trafficking, reproductive health, sexual abuse to vocational awareness and rice agriculture.
