by Beyond Borders | Nov 5, 2013 | Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Our Blog
If you were to stop a cycle of violence, where would you start? About a year ago, that was the question on the minds of our thousands of anti-domestic violence activists in Haiti. The leaders of the movement to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) had already...
by Beyond Borders | Nov 5, 2013 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
We get asked this question a lot. Because we don’t always function like many other organizations in Haiti, our work is sometimes a little more, well, challenging to explain. We help Haitians build social movements that they’ve started before us and they’ll continue...
by Beyond Borders | Oct 10, 2013 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education
We love this video because it clearly shows how when you educate a girl, you change the world. If you like it, too, please share with friends! We’re passionate about working with girls. Why? Because when you set a girl up for success, you can break cycles of poverty...
by Beyond Borders | Sep 20, 2013 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Our Blog
Too often it seems like the idea of practicing peace is dismissed as a naive, idealistic, pie-in-the-sky concept that’s just ‘too simplistic’ for our complex and dangerous world. Assad is using chemical weapons in Syria, Egypt is in the midst of a...
by Beyond Borders | Aug 1, 2013 | Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Our Blog, Volunteers & Friends
From left: Charlotte Fomengia, Janett Forte and Manda Brefo spent the summer researching school curricula aimed to teach youth about preventing violence against women and girls. Their work will help Beyond Borders’ Rethinking Power team launch its VAWG...
