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Empowering Girls

Books to Empower Girls
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This bibliography was compiled by the Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Gender Matters: Funding Effective Programs for Women and Girls
www.chambersfund.org/documents/gender-matters.pdf
Tuft University Professor of Urban Studies Molly Mead's thought provoking article discusses the importance of considering gender in program design and grantmaking.

Grantmaking with a Gender Lens
www.grantcraft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=622
Research shows that when gender is not considered in youth programming, girls are disadvantaged. This guide offers practical tips for gender analysis of programs.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (Publication - Having a Daughter with a Disability: Is it Different for Girls?)
www.nichcy.org/pubs/outprint/nd14txt.htm
This publication focuses on some of the realities parents must face in helping their daughters with disabilities to become more self-reliant and, ultimately, independent. While the issues of independence and self-determination obviously apply to sons with disabilities as well as to daughters, the degree to which daughters with a disability are encouraged to strive for an independent life may be critically less. Statistics tell us that females with disabilities are achieving less in terms of employment and socialization into the mainstream of life than men with disabilities, with the vast majority of women living in dependent and comparatively impoverished circumstances.

Exploring Girls Leadership
http://www.girlscouts.org/research/publications/ reviews/exploring_leadership.asp
This downloadable publication from the Girl Scouts Research Institute explores girls' perceptions about leadership and highlights tips and lessons for youth-serving agencies in fostering girls' leadership.