Assessing your organizations? program impact is necessary to ensure feedback is used and the organization changes with the community. Making sure your program is going to plan, tracking the outcomes of your program, and taking the results into further action to improve your program are the necessary steps to take...
Arsema’s Tips: Maintaining Your Health While Social Distancing and Quarantining
Girls in the Lead loves to encourage girls to participate in sports to build leadership, community, and confidence- but what about maintaining exercise without mentors to help guide you? As someone who did not regularly workout before an international pandemic confined us to our homes, the concept of remaining active...
A How to Guide: Program Planning for Nonprofits
Designing a program can be fun, but also can be a daunting task. Having clear steps and objectives helps create a program that is impactful and beneficial to the community. This blog post is next in our series of breaking down some of the language utilized in our Modules so...
NGO Governance: The Need for Board of Directors/Trustees
Establishing and managing a successful organization, nonprofit or social enterprise requires a good foundational board structure with clear responsibilities. This blog post is next in our series of breaking down some of the language utilized in our Modules so you can have a clear understanding of the importance of board...
Let’s Talk About Gender
Becoming mainstream and incorporating gender focused language and programs into your communities can be difficult if your organization doesn't understand some of the key parts that go into planning. This post and others in its series are dedicated to breakdown some of the terms Girls in the Lead Modules use,...
Dismantling Systemic Racism and Prejudice – Say Their Names!
The Girls in the Lead team are saddened by the killing of black men and women, this time by the Minneapolis Police Department in the murder of George Floyd. We stand with the victims of racism, police brutality, and an unjust system, and stand against blatant and systemic racism. We...
On Female Athleticism with Arsema
My name is Arsema and I am excited to be joining Girls In The Lead?s team. A little background about myself; I was born and raised in Minnesota but am currently attending school in St. Louis. Growing up, I absolutely loved playing sports with my siblings and looked at it...
How Sports Improves Girls? Overall Health and Life Skills
Are you worried about your daughter becoming detached and self-isolated? Get them involved in sports! As young girls age, they are countered with understanding who they are and what their place is in the world. Getting involved with sports assists in easing the transition between adolescence and young adulthood. Physical...
Implementing Child Protection Policy in Sports
Child protection policies in sports seldom receive adequate attention in programme planning. It is important to ensure children are engaged in safe sports which prioritizes physical activity as well as safeguarding against physical, social, mental, and environmental harm. Stanford Children?s Health reports over 3.5 million children sustain a form of...
Female Leadership during Crisis
The Best Leaders in a Crisis Are Those Who Put Others Before their Egos - And it just so happens that women have been training that skill for years. Check out this inspiring article on female leadership by Naomi Ryland. In these dynamic and challenging times leaders wonder what it...