Name: Nico

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Girls Access to Education Globally

Date of Fieldwork: January 19, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):GLI

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

On January 19th 2023 me and my group interviewed Ashley Steimer King on a google meet. Ashley is the program director for Girls Learn International (GLI). She is very devoted to helping girls receive a better education.

We started the interviews off by asking her how she got into the work she is doing now, she told us how she had always been interested gender equity issues. Then she told us that during college she took an internship at a non- profit and that’s what sparked the work she does now. She also shared with us a personal experience she had with a girl who advocated for her education and eventually was able to go to the UN. I thought that it was important how GLI prioritizes making sure the girls are safe and healthy before focusing on their education even though their education is the main goal.