Media Empowers Brave Girls to Be Global Activists Gayle Kimball
Journal of International Women's Studies Volume 20 | Issue 7 Article 3 Aug-2019 Media Empowers Brave Girls to be Global Activists Gayle Kimball Follow this and additional works at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws Part of the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Kimball, Gayle (2019). Media Empowers Brave Girls to be Global Activists. Journal of International Women's Studies, 20(7), 35-56. Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol20/iss7/3 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. ©2019 Journal of International Women’s Studies. Media Empowers Brave Girls to be Global Activists By Gayle Kimball1 Abstract A surprising way to silence young women globally, in addition to overly protective families, is by scholars of youth studies and development professionals. Ageism against youth is rarely discussed, so this article reveals this academic bias that ignores or discounts youth voices— especially young women. However, in the safe space of their bedrooms, the Internet and the cell phone enable young women to express their voices, even to organize uprisings. They can get around family restrictions and desires to protect them by speaking publicly from a private space. Some media provide empowering images for young women activists and informative networks of support. Readers probably don’t know about young women who led uprisings, so the article will name Generation Y and Z women activists who led revolutions in this century using social media.
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