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Mar 10
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Representation Matters: Films by Women

By Topic in Focus
I love movies.  I live for award season and try my hardest to watch everything that has been nominated.  Despite the lack of representation across any and all forms of diversity.  It’s my version of the Super Bowl. But something is changing…and while it doesn’t appear to be the Hollywood Foreign Press or other similar industry organizations…something is changing thanks...
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Mar 09
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Women For Women International

By Organization Spotlight
Around the globe women face barriers to equality whether that be fighting for pay equity or fighting sexual and gender-based violence even in their own home. These barriers become even more extreme for women and girls who live in deep poverty and/ or in conflict-affected countries.  We’ve witnessed this quite deeply over the last year in Sudan, Afghanistan, and now...
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Mar 08
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Why I Hate International Women’s Day

By Equity Champions
International Women’s Day… I still hate you. I wrote last year that I hate International Women’s Day. It resonated with so many of you that here I am, writing it again. Why?! Because nothing has changed. Oh, wait. Actually some things have changed. Let me tell you how. Things have gotten WORSE. But aren’t we closer to equality, you think?!...
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Jan 02
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The Case for Teaching Consent

By Topic in Focus
No means no, right?  Seems straight forward.  Add in hormones, immaturity, cultural norms, media messaging, relationship nuances, etc. etc. and things start getting not straight forward fast.  Yet, no still means no and teaching our children and young adults about what the word “consent” means – and does not mean – is a good place to start to change what...
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Jan 02
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Reflecting on 2021

By Equity Champions
This last year has been a roller coaster of an experience all around. When I reflect over 2021 regarding progress for women the roller coaster ride analogy stands true. And I don’t anticipate that ride slowing down going into 2022. There’s a lot of work to be done...and we need to be loud...we need to leverage the power of our...
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Dec 28
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NIÑAS ARRIBA

By Organization Spotlight
In 2009, Gina Chavez and Jodi Granado were teaching English in El Salvador at the Maria Auxiliadora, a Catholic all-girls school that aims to educate the “poorest of the poor.” One day, they asked their senior class who wanted to go to college. Every hand shot up. Then they asked who was planning to attend college. Every hand dropped Even...
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Dec 28
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Undefining and Redefining Masculinity

By Did You Know?
When we first endeavored to create an organization focused on creating a world where women and girls could thrive, we explored many avenues and ideas. One of these ideas was to create forums for boys and men to explore how they could help to make that vision a reality. We had been reading so many articles about the mental health...
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Sep 08
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Time Poverty

By Topic in Focus
While we were researching material for our episode 3 of the House of Apis® podcast:  How to be a "Good Girl": The Impact of Culture and Context  we came across research around the concept of Time Poverty; we knew the concept but didn’t realize how prevalent it is and how it affects women worldwide. Let’s review some of the data;...
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Sep 06
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Learn About Sugaring

Sugar Dating: Nothing Sweet About It – What you need to know

By Did You Know?
What exactly is “Sugar Dating” or “Sugaring”? This is an exploitative practice when young people go on dates, often to include or with the expectation of having sex, in exchange for gifts or payments. Often, wealthy, older, males (sugar daddies) and, less often women (sugar mommies), proposition younger, sometimes low-income, girls, boys, women, and men (sugar babies) promising luxury gifts,...
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Sep 06
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Equity Champions - Solidarity

Building Equity in Film and TV Production

By Equity Champions
So, a funny thing happened when we were seeking a trademark for our organization. We stumbled into something amazing and needed in the space of film and television production. The first name that we sought out for House of Apis was refraME and during the application process we learned that another organization had submitted something similar only a few weeks...
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