Author's details

Name: Kristen Youngs
Date registered: 16 January, 2012

Biography

Kristen Youngs is a graduate of the University of North Texas. She majored in Applied Arts and Sciences with concentrations in nonprofit management and anthropology. She is passionate about international nonprofit work, which helped influenced her degree choice. Kristen is an avid traveler and loves outdoor sports. Her research focus areas while at the SISGI Group were international LGBT issues, education development in impoverished and rural areas, and global women’s rights.

Latest posts

1. Why Haitian Women are Living in Fear — 9 May, 2012
2. Putting an End to Gender Stereotypes — 7 May, 2012
3. Improving Rural Education in the United States — 3 May, 2012
4. Ending Human Trafficking in the Mekong Delta — 30 April, 2012
5. Should Wearing Anti-homophobic Shirts be Banned in Schools? — 25 April, 2012
6. International Development through Education, Women, and Social Media — 23 April, 2012
7. Connecting Women with Development — 18 April, 2012
8. Education and the International Development Conference — 16 April, 2012
9. A Change in Jenna Talackova’s Miss Universe Disqualification — 11 April, 2012
10. Using the Index of Women’s Economic Opportunity to Improve the Global Economy — 9 April, 2012
11. Was Jenna Talackova a Victim of Discrimination? — 28 March, 2012
12. Improving LGBT Rights with the Corporate Equality Index — 26 March, 2012
13. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Six Months Later — 21 March, 2012
14. How Abortion Laws are Taking Away Women’s Rights — 19 March, 2012
15. Improving our Future by Outdating Gender Roles — 14 March, 2012
16. Will Bras End Sex Trafficking? — 12 March, 2012
17. Should International Education Comparisons Dictate our Future? — 9 March, 2012
18. Title IX and the Gender Gap Forty Years Later — 7 March, 2012
19. Gender Discrimination: Ending Street Harassment in the US — 29 February, 2012
20. Changing Tradition with Same-Sex Couples — 27 February, 2012
21. Does it get Better? — 22 February, 2012
22. The UN on Human Rights — 20 February, 2012
23. Weblebrity Fundraising – Do Famous Faces Help Campaigns? — 16 February, 2012
24. Achieving Global Sustainability: Women’s Rights — 13 February, 2012
25. What Happened to Education in Cambodia? — 8 February, 2012
26. Women aren’t the only ones- Gay Honor Killings — 6 February, 2012
27. Land of the Free – Strengthening Gay Activism — 1 February, 2012
28. The Consequences of Bullying: Saving LGBT Youth — 30 January, 2012
29. Female Genital Mutilation: A Growing Problem in Western Countries — 26 January, 2012
30. Accomplishing Universal Primary Education — 23 January, 2012
31. Honor Killings – Culture and Education — 18 January, 2012
32. FagBug: Turning hate into a tool for social action — 16 January, 2012

Most commented posts

1. Will Bras End Sex Trafficking? — 5 comments
2. Improving our Future by Outdating Gender Roles — 4 comments
3. Ending Human Trafficking in the Mekong Delta — 2 comments
4. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Six Months Later — 1 comment