Girls & Women
Girls and women are essential to building healthier, better-educated and sustainable communities. Women and girls are too often afflicted with some of the harshest aspects of poverty. Instead of victims, women and girls can be powerful community leaders.
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Girls & Women
Jordan Officially Repeals Law That Lets Rapists Off the Hook if They Marry Their Victims
Repeal sends message to rapists that “your crime will not be overlooked”. Read More
Girls & Women
Meet the Woman Trying to Become the First Female African American Mayor of Cincinnati
She’s got her eye on the glass ceiling. Read More
Girls & Women
There's a New Hotline in Nigeria to Inspire, Advise, and Empower Young Girls
Thousands of Nigerian girls have already picked up the phone. Read More
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Girls & WomenIn a Village Struggling With Alcoholism, These Teenage Girls Are Making Changes for the Better
The girls’ efforts have even caught the eye of aid organizations and politicians. Read more
Girls & WomenFrance's Version of the #MeToo Campaign Emerges: #SquealOnYourPig
It began when journalist Sandra Mueller tweeted her encounter with a powerful French executive. Read more
Girls & WomenThe Next Mayor of This 100,000-Person Utah City Will Be a Woman — But Which One?
But which woman will it be? Read more
Girls & Women84 Kids Were Just Rescued From Sex-Trafficking in the US – Including a 3-Month-Old Girl
The operation was the largest ever in the history of the initiative. Read more
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Global Issues
Girls & Women
Girls and women are essential to building healthier, better-educated and sustainable communities. Women and girls are too often afflicted with ... Read more
Health
Healthy people are able to live fuller, happier lives. They are able to pull themselves out of extreme poverty. For ... Read more
Education
The world has cut the number of children without an education in half. This progress must extend to the over ... Read more
Finance & Innovation
Ending extreme poverty needs innovative ideas, good governance and sustainable financing. Funding global development needs inspiration from every part of ... Read more
Food & Hunger
Well-fed people create stable communities, perform better in school and take advantage of the opportunities to end extreme poverty. The ... Read more
Water & Sanitation
Clean water, a place to “poo” and waste systems are not too much to ask. Over a billion people suffer ... Read more
Environment
A healthy planet takes care of its people. Healthy people take care of the planet. Protecting the earth promotes the ... Read more
Citizenship
The world needs active global citizens who are engaged in the world, knowledgeable about its diversity and passionate about change. ... Read more