By Elizabeth Usovicz, a past Rotary International Director and chair of Rotary’s Girls’ Empowerment Global Task Force
What does it mean for a girl to be empowered? This question is especially relevant on 11 October, the day set aside by the United Nations as International Day of the Girl Child.
Canadian-Indian poet Rupi Kaur expresses empowerment beautifully in her poem, “Being Independent:”
Continue reading“I do not want to have you … fill the empty parts of me. I want to be full on my own. I want to be so complete I could light a whole city.”