This week, hundreds of writers and activists have joined forces
in the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign. The Girl Effect is an
initiative that seeks to draw attention to the unique ways in
which women and girls are affected by poverty and conflict.
Although their outreach has affected diverse groups of all
genders, the bloggers in the awareness-raising campaign this
week have been mostly women. Is gender diversity important in
gender advocacy campaigns? If so, how can organizers carve out
space for men and people of all genders to join this effort? The
Girl Effect does not purport to exclude any group from
participating in development initiatives on the basis of gender
or any other factor. Rather, it seeks to highlight the necessity
for a gender-sensitive approach to development since men, women,
boys, and girls are differentially affected by poverty and
conflict. In a fact sheet containing research from Human Rights
Watch, the United Nations Population Fund and other agencies and
institutions, the Girl Effect s