Global Girl Media

Morocco

Global Girl Media (GGM) partnered with the Institute Specialise for Communications and Audivisuele, Rabat (ISCA) to train 48 young Moroccan women as new media digital journalists. The project's goal was to improve new media literacy for young women and encourage critical engagement by teenage girls, ages 18-22.

South Africa

GGM's first South Africa program, KICK IT UP! trained high-school-age girls in South Africa to become participant digital video journalists for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The project links under-served girls with seasoned broadcasters and journalists, providing training and hands-on experience in story development and composition, HD digital video camera and sound technologies, editing, and on-air media training at GlobalGirl Academies based in Soweto. Through the establishment of subsequent GlobalGirl News Bureaus, qualified graduates of the first GlobalGirl Academies will become GlobalGirl Reporters, who will develop and produce video content for distribution via cell phone, internet, and digital technology during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

GGM's second SA training took place in July 2011 at the Rosa Parks Library in Soweto, South Africa. GlobalGirl Media received a PEPFAR (The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) grant to work with 10 HIV-positive young women in Johannesburg, ages 16-25 from June 25-July 16.

Los Angeles

GGM's first LA training, KICK IT UP! trained high-school-age girls in Los Angeles to become participant digital video journalists for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The project links under-served girls with seasoned broadcasters and journalists. Through the establishment of subsequent GlobalGirl News Bureaus, qualified graduates of the first GlobalGirl Academies will become GlobalGirl Reporters, who will develop and produce video content for distribution via cell phone, internet, and digital technology during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The L.A. program GlobalGirl Reporters are sourced from various East/Downtown L.A. High Schools, many coming from broken homes or otherwise at-risk environments, and from diverse communities. These communities' strong interest in soccer and the World Cup makes the L.A. News Bureau an ideal partner for reporting on the World Cup with it's sister GlobalGirl News Bureau in Soweto. Reporting in Spanish and English, the girls will participate in an important cultural exchange, building an educational and professional media network, while acquiring valuable life and marketable skills, helping to create a sustainable Los Angeles for themselves and their community.

The second GGM LA Academy took place in July 2011 at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. GGM LA trained 10 high-school-age girls in Los Angeles, sourced from various East/Downtown L.A. High Schools, many coming from broken homes or otherwise at-risk environments, and from diverse communities. Reporting in Spanish and English, the girls will participate in an important cultural exchange, building an educational and professional media network, while acquiring valuable life and marketable skills, helping to create a sustainable Los Angeles for themselves and their community.

HIV/AIDS

MOJO

Mobile Journalism pieces

The World Around Us

People

Sexuality & Gender Violence

Arts

2009 World Cup

GGM In the Media