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GWEN co-founder and COO, Tess Cacciatore, attended the opening of the film EDEN in Los Angeles March 28, 2013. Pictured above with Karim Alivier, GWEN Empowerment Curriculum Coach and Colin Plank, producer of EDEN. The film EDEN made its Los Angeles debut on March 28 at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills. EDEN tells...+
"Tell Us Your Story" Campaign
One of our Facebook Friends shared a story about her 7 year old son who suffered what is known as somatic abuse by his teacher. This is her story: “My son started to have stomach pains in the night at around four in the morning…he was 7 years old. We took him to the ER...+
Guest Bloggers
I decided to write a blog about my “Pet Peeves” it’s been long and I want to set something straight. I’m going to be completely honest and blunt here so bear with me and if you find any of this offensive, then at least you know the truth. 1.) My first pet peeve is being...+
Articles
As many news outlets have reported, there has been a first in China — an American named Kim Lee made legal history when she was granted a divorce on grounds of domestic violence. Lee, an American teacher, met her husband, a millionaire Chinese entrepreneur and founder of English learning program known as Crazy English, while...+
Bullying
GWEN Clubs provide support and a safe haven for youth to discuss pressing issues such as body image, self-esteem, bullying, violence and more. On Saturday, January 26, co-founders of the first GWEN Club, Notre Dame High School students Tayce Taylor and Monique Candiff, spoke with Tess Cacciatore on GWEN TALKS. While Taylor and Candiff learned...+
Blog
I’m tired of guys regarding feminism as a “women issue”. This general apathetic attitude towards feminism amongst males is very perplexing to me. As a society, we regards issues like feminism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of oppression as a thing of the past. White people don’t think racism is present in society anymore,...+
abuse
The 74 million baby boomers born in 1946-1964 will double the number of Americans age 65 and older by 2030. The combination of this demographic’ s large and growing population and the fact people are living longer means the number of seniors being abused, neglected or exploited is growing exponentially. The situation is compounded by...+
Guest Bloggers
I want to welcome you and thank you for your interest in wanting to stop Human Trafficking, as you know there are many elements in doing this task, my first question is; how much do we know about trafficking? Do not fret if your answer is unsure, part of doing something is also learning about...+
Articles
The Global Women’s Empowerment Network had its first high school bake sale event at Notre Dame High School this past holiday season and it was a success! The ND GWEN Club stayed up all night baking everything from brownies and cookies to glazed pumpkin cake. One of our members even made cookies in an easy...+
Elder Abuse
How many of us can say we have taken the time to really get to know our parents – their dreams, hopes and inspirations? They raise us, feed us, educate us to the best of their ability, but often not without flaws and shortcomings. Lorrie Caplan-Shern wrote the book “Giving Birth to My Parents,” to...+
