GLOW Georgia
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| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Location | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | GLOW Georgia programming aims to educate and empower girls across Georgia, particularly in under-served communities, to develop their leadership skills and become agents of change in their own communities. GLOW has historically been a Peace Corps-led initiative that first launched in Romania in 1995. GLOW held its first camp in Georgia in 2003. It accomplishes its mission through week-long summer camps and two subsequent follow-up programs: Taking GLOW Home, through which girls carry out their own community improvement projects, and the Ambassadors Conference, for girls who implement three or more projects in their own communities. Additionally, GLOW implements a separate Mother Daughter Conference, which is an opportunity to bring mothers and daughters together to address topics such as relationships and communication, gender stereotypes, higher education, women's health, hygiene and fitness, women's rights, and childhood marriages. The program has become increasingly popular, with large increases in applications from year to year, and in 2014, it took steps to become its own independent NGO with a Georgian Board of Directors, volunteers, and interns. |