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		<title>Rock Girl demands an end to violence against girls and women</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From October 2 to 11, 16 teenage girls from South Africa and the United States traveled from Cape Town to the Kalahari Desert on the second Rock Girl Road Trip.  The girls interviewed girls and women along the way, documenting their lives through radio and photography, and kept blogs about their journey. They also visited community radio stations, sending out Public Service Announcements and messages of support to girls in places far off the beaten track. With little to no cell service or access to services, the girls in the Northern Cape have no way to share their stories or expose the challenges that they face. Rock Girl reached out to girls in Matjiesfontein, Upington, Calvinia, and Springbok, learning about the lack of high schools, youth programmes, job opportunities and about teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and sexual and physical violence. “Once we heard these girls’ stories,” said Audery February, one of the Rock Girls on the trip, “we realized that we had to share our own stories and Rock Girl helped us feel safe enough to do so.” On the last night of this epic trip, over half of the Rock Girls told of their own physical and sexual abuse by family members, of growing up in impoverished single and no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock Girl, on the Road</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across Africa, you hear about girls on the move.  Usually, it is stories of girls being trafficked, fleeing war, escaping child marriage.  Girls are rarely the storytellers. Rock Girl is changing that. Rock Girl is back on the road. From October 2 to 11, Rock Girl is taking 16 teenage girls on the second Rock Girl Road Trip, from Cape Town to the Kalahari Desert.  Just as Rock Girl did in June 2015, these girls will interview girls and women along the way, documenting their lives through radio and photography.  Over 1200 miles, they will be catapulted far from what they know as they sleep under the stars, track scorpions through the desert, and raft down rivers.  They will learn how to read maps, pitch a tent, and read the night skies. “These girls are modern day adventurers,” said India Baird, founder of Rock Girl, “and they are heroes, not only because they face gangsters each day, but because they care about other girls and can empathize with them about the common challenges they all face.” Upon their return, the girls will meet with the Minister of Justice, Michael Masutha, to brief him about what they have learned, sharing the stories of girls who have never been heard. This is a [...]]]></description>
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