Call for Career Week Speakers! At clubGEN we wish to promote healthy options for middle school girls  futures’ by giving them a glimpse into the working world of professional women.  That’s where you come in!   Career Week is happening for clubGEN after school groups during the week of October 17th-21st.  Most clubs run between 3:30-5:30pm [...]

Holly Driggers is the parent of a daughter who is just entering her pre-teen years. She was gracious enough to take the time to talk to GENaustin about her experiences raising a daughter who is just beginning to navigate the pressures of being a teen girl. As your daughter enters her pre-teen years, what changes do [...]

Two major reading events are happening this week: October 1st is the Austin Teen Book Fair, and September 24th through October 1st is National Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is a time to celebrate ideas, the freedom to read, and open access to information. Over the years, seminal books with female heroines like To [...]

Dell today announced a $3 million investment to expand its global giving programYouthConnect in the U.S.  Twenty-four organizations based in the United States have been selected Dell Youth Connect recipients. More than 20,000 young people in Tennessee, California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, New-Hampshire and Florida will soon have access to state-of-the-art technology.  GENaustin is proud to have been [...]

Last week JCPenney generated controversy with their “Too Pretty for Math” T-Shirt, the full text of which read, “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.” JCPenney eventually pulled the shirt from its website, but apparently Forever 21 didn’t learn from their example. The retailer is currently selling [...]

GENaustin is thrilled to announce the keynote speaker of the 2011 We Are Girls Conference, held Saturday November 12th at Austin High School, will be internationally recognized educator and author Rosalind Wiseman. She is (among many other things), the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of [...]

According to the Global Press Institute, the ideal of feminine beauty in Liberia is a larger figure, and women who don’t meet that standard feel intense pressure to gain weight, even if puts their health at risk. The article, entitled “Pressure for Fuller Bodies Drives Drug Industry in Liberia”, explains that many women take pills and [...]