- Wonder
- Girls:
- Changing
- Our
- Worldis
- the
- first
- photographic
- book
- to
- document
- groups
- of
- activist
- girls
- (age
- 10
- to
- 18)
- globally.
- It's
- award
- winning
- and
- inspiring!Paola
- Gianturco
- and
- her
- eleven-year-old
- granddaughter
- documented
- the
- work
- of
- fifteen
- girl-led
- nonprofit
- groups
- in
- thirteen
- countries
- in
- Asia
- and
- Central
- Asia,
- North
- and
- Latin
- America,
- the
- Middle
- East,
- Africa
- and
- Oceania.
- They
- interviewed
- and
- photographed
- 102
- girls.
- If
- you
- think
- "girls
- are
- the
- future,"
- prepare
- to
- be
- dazzled.
- These
- girls
- are
- changing
- our
- world
- right
- now.Groups
- of
- activist
- girls
- age
- 10-18
- are
- transforming
- our
- world:
- improving
- education,
- health,
- equality
- and
- the
- environment;
- stopping
- child
- marriage,
- domestic
- violence,
- trafficking
- and
- war.
- Their
- imagination
- and
- courage
- radiate
- through
- their
- stories,
- all
- told
- in
- their
- own
- words.In
- this
- book,
- you
- will
- watch
- girls
- lobby
- U.S.
- senators;
- see
- Mexican
- girls
- invent
- mobile
- phone
- apps
- to
- solve
- social
- problems;
- meet
- Malawian
- girls
- who
- convinced
- Parliament
- to
- outlaw
- child
- marriage.
- You
- will
- eavesdrop
- on
- Ugandan
- girls
- as
- they
- advocate
- for
- girls'
- rights
- at
- a
- UN
- meeting.
- And
- you
- will
- meet
- other
- girls
- as
- they
- write
- blogs,
- petitions,
- poetry,
- create
- radio
- shows,
- videos,
- invent
- dances,
- songs
- and
- works
- of
- art
- to
- promote
- their
- causes.Wonder
- Girls:
- Changing
- Our
- Worldis
- a
- call
- to
- action
- to
- help
- these
- girls
- accomplish
- their
- important
- work.
- Alex
- Sangster's
- sections,
- the
- finale
- of
- each
- chapter,
- tell
- you
- how.The
- book's
- Foreword
- was
- written
- by
- Musimbi
- Kanyoro,
- President
- and
- CEO
- of
- the
- Global
- Fund
- for
- Women,
- the
- world's
- largest
- grant-
- making
- organization
- that
- benefits
- women
- and
- girls
- internationally.The
- Global
- Fund
- for
- Women
- will
- receive
- 100%
- of
- the
- authors'
- royalties
- from
- this book.
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