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What is it that fuels each and every one of us in this world? For us, it is The #GirlPowerEffect. We enjoy writing about our passions for equality & equity, and how women have the power to change the world. With each passing day, The #GirlPowerEffect movement grows and we look forward to sharing it with you all. Let us know if you have a story to share! The #GirlPowerEffect Team
The impetus for the “GirlPowerEffect” (created in January 2018) came about because of two key issues. The first being the USA Women’s March movements and secondly, using social media as a tool for activism. Our small team of three (Professor Taima Moeke-Pickering (Laurentian University), Vice-President Equity, People & Culture Sheila Cote-Meek (York University), and Professor Ann Pegoraro (Guelph University) joined the Women’s March social movement to combat the rising tide of misogyny, white nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, ableism, classism and ageism (Women’s March Board, 2019). The rise of social media activism inspired a new type of discourse on women that resulted in many Women led movements including the #MeToo and the #TimesUp noted as “the first intersectional feminist policy platform”.