This blog comes from Leslie, a local high school student who wanted to share her thoughts about the way society places responsibility for being sexually assaulted or raped on the victim, instead of the perpetrator. Thank you to Leslie for this piece. If you’d like to be a guest blogger for GENaustin, email maria@genaustin.org. When I [...]

Bre Dillard Ezema is a long-time volunteer and supporter of GENaustin, and we’re thrilled to have her as our volunteer of the month! How did you first hear about GENaustin? What made you decide to get involved? I actually did a search for organizations in the area focused on healthy body image for girls and [...]

Last night GENaustin’s We Are Girls Conference Committee had their kick-off event at the UT Women’s Basketball game against Kansas, hosted by the beloved Coach Jody Conradt in a private suite.  It was a big turnout and UT won so there was a lot of victorious spirit in the room – many Hook ‘Em Horns in the [...]

Last week, GENaustin was honored with a visit from Ms Poh-itaeda-oh, a dignitary and the founder and director of Women for Peace/We Peace in Thailand. Women for Peace/We Peace was established in 2004 in response to the escalation of the conflict in southern Thailand and the increased negative impact on citizens, particularly youth and women. [...]

clubGEN, GENaustin’s after-school program for girls in Central Texas, gives girls a safe, girl-oriented space to learn, share and grow as they navigate the challenges of adolescence. Since 2001, GENaustin has served thousands of girls through the program. We were recently thrilled to be contacted by Emily, a senior in high school who wanted to [...]

Cyber-bullying is a phenomenon frequently associated with teenage conflict (and it’s true, cyber-bullying has negatively impact the lives of many teens, male and female. Some, tragically, have even gone so far as to take their own life because of it.) But cyber-bullying is often also directed at adult women by people online who seem to [...]

  GENaustin is participating in I Live Here, I Give Here’s Amplify Austin campaign, a community-wide day of online philanthropy with the goal of raising 1 million dollars in 24 hrs for non-profits in Austin. From 7pm March 4th to 7pm March 5th, we’ll be asking YOU, our supporters, to donate so that GENaustin can raise money [...]

  February 25th to March 1st is a very special week for clubGEN, an opportunity for girls and community members alike. GENaustin is looking for career women from a wide variety of fields (in the past we’ve had archivists, psychiatrists, police officers, painters, businesswomen- you name it!) to come speak to  after school groups of [...]