by Vanessa | Nov 17, 2011 | Adversity Expert, Change Management, child bride, Community, Inspiration, lifestyles, Motherhood, Parenting, sex education, Teenage Pregnancy, Women's Health
Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You (TM) Mobilizes 500 Entrepreneurial Women to Sashay for a Cause: Reduce Texas Teen Pregnancies  DALLAS, Nov. 1 /Send2Press/ — Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce YouTM and Dr. Trevicia recently unveiled a campaign to deputize 500 professional and entrepreneurial women in the beauty, health and wellness industries to collaborate to inspire and educate teenage girls ages 13-18 and reduce teen and unplanned pregnancies in Texas. Helping Dallas Fort-Worth teenagers and families cope with the increased stress levels associated with peer pressure and self-esteem crisis. Texas is second in the nation for teen pregnancies, and, every 10 minutes a child is conceived. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, only 40 percent of teenagers who have children before age 18 go on to graduate from high school, compared to 75 percent of teens from similar social and economic backgrounds who do not give birth until ages 20 or 21. Self-esteem is a crisis. A Dove study, Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem, shows 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members. During the Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce YouTM Campaign, Dr. Trevicia Williams will energize women to get involved with the movement and sashay for a cause on January 11. Drawing from her own bounce back experience along with over a decade of academic studies in human behavior, she inspires people to think higher while teaching them how to overcome obstacles and become effective. Dr. Trevicia Williams will take snippets...
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