GCNova: Girl Child Network Worldwide at Villanova: no wingman tonight? just make sure to bring your trusty iphone.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

no wingman tonight? just make sure to bring your trusty iphone.

The Pepsico energy drink company AMP UP has released a free iPhone app targeting young men looking for a little help in the dating department. Let's say you meet a girl but you don't know how to approach her, start a conversation, what music to pretend you like, or what restaurant you should suggest visiting. No problem, just start up the AMP UP Before You Score app, select the girl from 24 oh-so-flattering types (including Treehugger, Rebound Girl, Sorority Girl, Cougar, Nerd, Princess, and Out of Your League), and all the info you need is right at your fingertips.

Wow. Setting aside the ridiculousness of dividing women up into predictable categories, let's just reiterate what the bloggers at theFrisky so eloquently said: "Guys? If you need to consult your iPhone so you can talk to [girls] and/or fake an interest in politics or the environment in order to be interesting, [they're] out of your league already."

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Inspired by the heroic story of Betty Makoni, GCNova is a collaborative student organization founded by Jessica Lu (’11) and formed to support the proper treatment of women in our schools, communities, nations, and the world. On October 1, 2009, GCNova officially launched as an organization of the Center for Peace and Justice Education at Villanova University.

In Zimbabwe, of the southern region of Africa, concerns of poverty, political violence, homelessness, starvation, public health, and unemployment overwhelm public consciousness. However, other important issues of individual rights and protections are often overlooked. One such issue is the tragic exploitation of primarily young women. In Zimbabwe, traditional healers have long perpetuated the belief that a man can cure his own HIV/AIDS infection by raping a virgin. This belief has become so deeply entrenched in the psyche of Zimbabwe that even infants have been mercilessly sexually assaulted.

Makoni, a Zimbabwe native and child rape survivor, became so concerned with the staggering incidence of HIV/AIDS, rape, and promulgation of the so-called “virgin myth” in her country (and others throughout Africa) that she decided to give girls a space where they can talk, find support, and uncover solutions. And so, in 1999, Girl Child Network (GCN) was born. After just one year, there were 100 GCN clubs throughout Zimbabwe. Eventually, Makoni founded the group’s first empowerment village, a haven for female victims of abuse, where girls could receive medical treatment, an education, counseling, and the encouragement to become their own healers—transforming victims to leaders. Now, GCN has grown to include over 700 girls’ clubs and three empowerment villages across Zimbabwe. Approximately 300,000 girls have received help from Makoni’s organization.

Scorned for her efforts, Makoni was forced to leave Zimbabwe and relocated with her family to the UK. In 2009, she teamed up with Priscilla Nyathi to form the Girl Child Network Worldwide (GCNW). In partnership with the DOVE project, a domestic violence awareness group based in Essex, England, the Girl Child Network Worldwide (and Girl Child Network Trust Fund UK) hopes to spread the message of Zimbabwe's GCN to the international stage. The worldwide organization officially launched on September 4, 2009 in the UK.

GCNova hopes to bring GCNW's efforts to the Villanova community, making a stand for women, children, and victims of sexual violence all over the globe.

GCNova: Girl Child Network Worldwide at Villanova

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

no wingman tonight? just make sure to bring your trusty iphone.

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