Stories

Every woman & every girl inspires us.

We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it.

As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome.

Let's celebrate their triumphs!

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More Than An Internship

For one of my graduation requirements, I needed to fulfill an internship/practicum course. As I was going through the list […]

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“I am a survivor of female genital mutilation”

VIDEO: Sise Sawaneh, from the Republic of the Gambia, discusses her advocacy to end female genital mutilation in this brief conversation […]

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Girls on the Run is so much fun!

I volunteered this year for Girls on the Run Central KY and it was life changing. I am currently a […]

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“This story is something we need to hear”

VIDEO: Mushairat Mamun shares her perspective on how stories can help make the world a better place in this short […]

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Say It Back

I love the title of this campaign, Say It Forward. I love the play on words, how it invites women […]

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It was too late

I am not proud of this story but if this story can help one person then it was worth telling. […]

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Paving the way

VIDEO: Angel Kharya of Girl Rising India explains to Elisa Gambino, One Production Place, how women and girls can inspire […]

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Building Strong Girls

Hi! I’m Coach Rebecca. I’ve been involved with Girls on the Run Atlanta since 2016 and have coached three fun […]

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I’m not afraid anymore

This was my life. High school homecoming queen, captain of the varsity cheer squad…. experienced sexual abuse/harassment while in college…leading […]

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We can do better

Women worldwide and in particular developing world bear the hurdles of raising up families single handedly without assistant. Women are […]

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The Power of Adversity, Grit and Intuition

Have you ever sat wondering, “how did I become this way?” Whether “this way” has a positive or negative emotion […]

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Her Only option

She stood there in their family cattle kraal looking closely at the seemingly dry manure piled on a dirty plastic. […]