This week, an episode in honor of the International Day of the Girl Child, observed October 11. Stories from across continents and across generations -- about the challenges, the adventures, and the joys of girlhood. Hosted and produced by The Moth's Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.
10-year-old Briony Chappell and her father search for each other after being separated on a ski trip.
Dia's mother surprises her in a moment of need.
Primah Kwagala recounts the night her father brought home a second wife.
Masooma Ranalvi decides to break her silence.
Eve Engel hopes to get her first kiss.
Juliette Holmes and her mother go shopping in 1940s segregated Georgia.
Girls Extras
Masooma Ranalvi
Masooma
Masooma, her sisters, and her mother all of whom went through FGM.
Masooma at an END FGM Conference.
Masooma at the United Nations.
Masooma and her older sisters.
Masooma with her daughter Fiza.
Briony Chappell
Briony and her dad on a ski lift.
Briony on the ski trip from the story.
Briony and her dad on a ski trip in the US in 2008.