The International Coalition of Girls' Schools (ICGS) has invited students to contribute to the third season of its podcast, On Educating Girls.

Each season of On Educating Girls includes student voices from girls’ schools around the world. In Season 3, titled The Connected Girl, ICGS will be exploring how girls develop agency and learn to take up space in the world – across school, sport, friendships, family and community life.

ICGS are looking for voice note contributions from students addressing a number of questions (below). Voice note recordings should be emailed to audio@2stories.co.za with the subject line: "Voice note submission for The Connected Girl podcast". For full instructions see the PDF at the bottom of this page.

Overarching questions:

• What do you think it means to have agency (the confidence and capacity to act)?
• Why do you think it’s important for girls to have agency (the confidence and capacity to act)?
• What helps you feel that you have agency (the confidence and capacity to act)?
• Can you share a story about a time when you had agency in your life? (To be answered after the first question, above.)

Episode-specific questions:

Episode 1: Sports

How has participating in sport shaped your life? What does participating in sport mean to you? Why do you think girls should engage in sports? How will that make a difference in their lives?

Episode 2: Community and Friendship

What role do friendships play in your life? How do you navigate tricky moments in your friendships? Why do you think being part of a community is important?

Episode 3: School

What are some of the things that make you feel stressed in life? Do you feel pressure to be a ‘good girl’? If so, what does that mean for you?

Episode 4: Family

What does family mean to you? If there is one thing you want the adults in your life to know, what would it be?