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Colorado Project Teaches Job, Life Skills to Help Women Combat Poverty, December 17, 2008
Freedom Project, Canada's Stolen Daughters
Fresh Money, How one woman is disrupting the flower business
Great Big Story, Defiant: Not One of the Boys
Great Big Story, Girls Who Shred
In the male-dominated world of skateboarding, women face significant challenges in gaining exposure. But Valeria Kechichian is working to change that. In 2010, she co-founded Longboard Girls Crew, an international community that supports and promotes women in action sports. What started with a viral skating video...
In the male-dominated world of skateboarding, women face significant challenges in gaining exposure. But Valeria Kechichian is working to change that. In 2010, she co-founded Longboard Girls Crew, an international community that supports and promotes women in action sports. What started with a viral skating video has grown into an international organization with members in more than 80 countries.
A great big story made in partnership with Len...
In the male-dominated world of skateboarding, women face significant challenges in gaining exposure. But Valeria Kechichian is working to change that. In 2010, she co-founded Longboard Girls Crew, an international community that supports and promotes women in action sports. What started with a viral skating video has grown into an international organization with members in more than 80 countries.
A great big story made in partnership with LensCrafters.
This video is from the Human Condition collection of Great Big Story.
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Great Big Story, Ichigo Ichie: Fighting Sexism with Sushi
In Japanese society, women are not traditionally trained to become sushi masters. Myths persist that women’s hands are too warm for raw fish, their makeup will block their sense of smell and their menstrual cycles affect their sense of taste. Nadeshiko Sushi is challenging all of that with Japan’s first and on...
In Japanese society, women are not traditionally trained to become sushi masters. Myths persist that women’s hands are too warm for raw fish, their makeup will block their sense of smell and their menstrual cycles affect their sense of taste. Nadeshiko Sushi is challenging all of that with Japan’s first and only all-female sushi restaurant in Tokyo. There, seven women prove it doesn’t take a man to make a mean sushi plate.
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In Japanese society, women are not traditionally trained to become sushi masters. Myths persist that women’s hands are too warm for raw fish, their makeup will block their sense of smell and their menstrual cycles affect their sense of taste. Nadeshiko Sushi is challenging all of that with Japan’s first and only all-female sushi restaurant in Tokyo. There, seven women prove it doesn’t take a man to make a mean sushi plate.
A Great Big Story made in partnership with ANA.
This video is from the Flavors collection of Great Big Story.
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Great Big Story, Las Muchachas de Mariachi
With their bandmates Julie Acosta and Eunice Aparicio, the musicians traded in traditional mar...
With their bandmates Julie Acosta and Eunice Aparicio, the musicians traded in traditional mariachi skirts for homemade suits and created an empowering space for women while staying true to the music and spirit of mariachi.
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Mariachi is a folkloric tradition as macho as it is Mexican. Eight years ago, Mireya Ramos and Shae Fiol sought to up-end convention and founded Mariachi Flor de Toloache, New York City’s first all-female mariachi band.With their bandmates Julie Acosta and Eunice Aparicio, the musicians traded in traditional mariachi skirts for homemade suits and created an empowering space for women while staying true to the music and spirit of mariachi.
This video is from the Human Condition collection of Great Big Story.
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Great Big Story, Strike, Block, Empower
SheFighter is the first self-defense studio of its kind in the Middle East. Founded by Lina Khalifeh, the Jordan-based studio teaches women to defend themselves while empowering them to have a voice in society. Thanks to Khalifeh, more than 12,000 women have trained at SheFighter.
This video is from the Human Cond...
SheFighter is the first self-defense studio of its kind in the Middle East. Founded by Lina Khalifeh, the Jordan-based studio teaches women to defend themselves while empowering them to have a voice in society. Thanks to Khalifeh, more than 12,000 women have trained at SheFighter.
This video is from the Human Condition collection of Great Big Story.
Great Big Story, A Cricket League of Their Own
