Our Issues in the U.S.

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The Hadassah Foundation focuses on leadership and self-esteem issues for adolescent girls because:

Girls face gender-related issues throughout their development, but many of these issues come into especially sharp relief during adolescence.
Girls require and deserve the awareness, attention, and commitment of a wide range of individuals and institutions to promote their healthy development.
Girls experience intense pressure, at ever younger ages, to be everything to everyone all of the time.
Girls have the right to be themselves and to resist gender stereotypes; to prepare for interesting work and economic independence; to take risks, to strive freely and to take pride in success.
Girls’ issues traditionally are underrepresented in research and policy debates.
Research on girls often has focused on risks and negative trends, rather than exploring positive aspects of their lives.
The voices of girls are rarely heard in research reports or in discussion of policies that affect their lives.