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#LikeAGirl

By Amogere14

This post is waaaaay overdue!

About 2 weeks ago, I was invited to attend a focus group that marked the launch of the Always #LikeAGirl campaign, held at Le Palanka restaurant in Nairobi. I’d always seen the #LikeAGirl Youtube video floating around the web for some time, and that evening, I got a good understanding of what it was really about.

How often do you hear people being told that they ‘fight like a girl, run like a girl or throw like a girl?’. The #LikeAGirl campaign strives to bring awareness to global girl empowerment through puberty education to adolescent girls. This campaign seeks to drive a movement to change the phrase from an insult (and portraying girls as weak and inferior) into a celebration of the strength, talent and character of every girl. That during the puberty/adolescent years of a girl’s life, her self confidence significantly reduces. The campaign thus strives to champion girls to maintain that self confidence even during puberty as a celebration of their transition to woman hood.

Anita Mogere at the Always #LikeAGirl dinner
From Left, Maryanne Waweru, Michelle Anekeya and Njeri Olang during the Always Like A Girl dinner event.

Julia Gaitho and Anitha Gaitho
Brenda Khaimia (left) with Edith Fortunate at the Always #LikeAGirl dinner event
Irene Mwathi Communications Manager Procter & Gamble during the Always #LikeAGirl dinner presentation

The evening was full of laughs with ladies telling stories of their adolescent years.  :-)

Guests at the Always #LikeAGirl dinner event

Anita Mogere and Njeri Ngugi share a light moment during the Always #LikeAGirl dinner

Join in the movement guys! Let’s champion girl empowerment and self confidence and show me what you’ve done #LikeAGirl. :-)

Photos provided by Being Girl Kenya.


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