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Modern masculinity: a tale of two Jamies

Modern masculinity: a tale of two Jamies

Masculinity has been under the microscope this week. Netflix’s Adolescence thrust the topic into the national consciousness, delving into issues created by social media, negative role models, and peer pressure on young boys. In contrast, we've also recently seen how social media can present positive models of masculinity through Jamie Laing, who ran ran 5 ultra-marathons to raise funds for Comic Relief. In a series of interviews and video clips for BBC Radio One along the way, Jamie has been open and vulnerable about how tough the challenge was both physically and mentally.

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The Adolescent Girls Summit is more than just a summit, it’s a powerful movement contributing to a gender equal world

Education, Gender justice, Safety and wellbeing, Youth power

The Adolescent Girls Summit is more than just a summit, it’s a powerful movement contributing to a gender equal world

The second bi-annual Adolescent Girls Summit (AGS) starts on 26 March in Liberia, where adolescent girls from 11 countries across West Africa, with different backgrounds and intersecting identities, will connect, share, inspire and collectively advocate for their rights.



Global Fund for Children

Exploring perspectives on Female Genital Cutting among West African Adolescents

Safety and wellbeing

Exploring perspectives on Female Genital Cutting among West African Adolescents

Global Fund for Children and its partners in West Africa are empowering young people to become catalysts for change in their communities. In this article, adolescents from four West African countries share perspectives on female genital cutting and call for an end to this traditional practice.



Global Fund for Children

Apoyando a adolescentes migrantes en México para que “se apropien del espacio ” y persigan sus sueños

Gender justice, Safety and wellbeing, Youth power

Apoyando a adolescentes migrantes en México para que “se apropien del espacio ” y persigan sus sueños

Colectiva MAPAS, un socio del Fondo Global Para la Niñez (o GFC), ofrece una escuelita feminista, campamentas y talleres a las niñas y adolescentes de las comunidades de jornaleras agrícolas migrantes P'urhépecha, proporcionándoles espacios seguros para que establezcan conexiones y se reconozcan como agentes de cambio.



Kyra Gurney

Supporting adolescent migrant girls in Mexico to “take up space” and pursue their dreams

Gender justice, Safety and wellbeing, Youth power

Supporting adolescent migrant girls in Mexico to “take up space” and pursue their dreams

GFC partner Colectiva MAPAS offers a feminist school, camps, and workshops to girls from P’urhépecha Indigenous farmworker communities, providing safe spaces for them to build connections and recognize themselves as changemakers.



Kyra Gurney

Ten years at GFC: Always learning something new

Ten years at GFC: Always learning something new

Palmer Shepherd, Global Fund for Children’s Vice President of Operations and Governance, reflects on a decade of powering GFC’s team and the work of partnering with local organizations to support children and youth around the world.



Palmer Shepherd

Meet our new partners in Bangladesh
6 women sitting in a discussion

Safety and wellbeing

Meet our new partners in Bangladesh

We’re thrilled to welcome six new partners to our network of global changemakers.



Blondie Ndebele

Presentando a los Defensores del cambio en la filantropía de GFC

Youth power

Presentando a los Defensores del cambio en la filantropía de GFC

La filantropía debe hacer más para amplificar el cambio liderado por la comunidad, y ahora cuenta con un nuevo grupo de líderes de base comprometidos a construir un ecosistema de financiamientos más justo. Juntos, los Defensores del Cambio del Fondo Global para la Niñez (GFC por sus siglas en inglés) han identificado las prioridades del cambio para ayudar a la filantropía a dar prioridad a las comunidades.



Vanessa Stevens

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