Media
Welcome to the Girls Matter Media and Press page. Here, you’ll find the latest updates, stories, and highlights showcasing our mission to empower girls and young women worldwide.
About Girls Matter
Girls Matter is more than a movement—it’s a commitment to creating brighter futures. Through education, mentorship, and community support, we aim to break down barriers and inspire girls to reach their full potential. Every small contribution makes a big impact, and we’re proud to partner with businesses, organizations, and individuals to drive meaningful change.
In the Spotlight
Explore our press releases, interviews, and media features to see how Girls Matter is making waves across the globe. From local initiatives to international collaborations, our work is gaining recognition for its dedication to fostering equality, education, and empowerment.
Our Stories
Behind every success is a story worth telling. Meet the girls, mentors, and advocates who are the heartbeat of our organization. Their journeys, challenges, and triumphs reflect the true power of resilience and community.
Girls Matter Overview
A short introduction about Girls Matter, what we do and why we do it.
Melissa Deally Co-founder Girls Matter
Breaking the poverty cycle, 1 girl, 1 family, 1 village at a time.
Girls Matter with Founder, Melissa Deally & Board Member, Jan Janzen
Join Jan and Melissa as they discuss the founding of Girls Matter and how they have evolved their programs to keep girls in school, stop teenage marriages, and offer microfinance loans to their graduates to start businesses to support their community.
How Educating Girls Changes the World
What if educating just one girl could transform a village? In this powerful episode of Amplify Your Legacy, host Sallana Brown interviews Melissa Deally, a mind-body health practitioner, bestselling author, and founder of Girls Matter—a nonprofit providing education for girls in Uganda and Kenya. Melissa shares how she’s combining healing, empowerment, and education to create lasting change. From launching holistic wellness programs to creating innovative campaigns like Eat So They Can Study, Melissa reveals how everyone can play a role in building a better future.
FYNB Talks Podcast Features Girls Matter with Melissa Deally
When not working with clients, Melissa is either outdoors with her daughters, skiing or hiking, or dedicating her time to her non-profit organization, *Girls Matter*, which focuses on keeping girls in school in Uganda and Kenya, breaking the cycle of poverty one girl, one family, one village at a time.
Small & Gutsy Features Girls Matter with Melissa Deally
What does the phrase, “education should be a right, not a privilege” mean to you? If you believe that access to education is not a privilege, but a right as is the human rights law guarantees, then, why are 61 million children not in school, and most of them girls? Educating children no matter where they are is one of the biggest factors toward ending extreme poverty.
Melissa Deally of Girls Matter
Mountain FM Radio
Whistler resident and award winning podcaster, Melissa Deally was here to tell us more about Girls Matter, created to stop teenage marriages, by keeping girls in school in Uganda and Kenya and breaking the poverty cycle, 1 girl, 1 family, 1 village at a time. As educating the girls creates a much better future for them and empowers them to give back to their communities. An educated girl is also more than twice as likely to ensure her own girls are educated, which means our work now has a positive generational ripple effect. Check out their website, girlsmatter.ca and look for Melissa’s podcast, Don’t Wait For Your Wake Up Call.
Women and Girls Matter with Melissa Deally and Charlene Waines
Melissa Deally, also from the West Coast of Canada, and someone also passionate about her calling to help women and girls thrive. Their messages and understanding of the challenges of women in third-world countries are critical for us to know and understand. If we do not know the challenges faced by women around the world, we cannot stand up and be heard and to find a way for all women and girls to matter and to be thriving.
Miss Liz Teatime
Miss Liz is serving a surprise special tea for Girls Matter Non-Profit. Co-Founder Melissa Deally will be coming to share on the upcoming event they are having in March. All info will be shared during this teatime.
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