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
Kentucky Woman Says Her Strict Christian Parents Subjected Her to FGM at Age 5
"We were taught men were the leaders and God made women to be submissive." Read More
Girls & Women
This NYC Chai Café Gives Away Half Its Profits to Empower Women
The Chai Spot is meant to be a place that bridges cultures and gives back. Read More
Girls & Women
Angelina Jolie Says Gender Equality Is the Secret to World Peace
“We are all partners in this life.” Read More
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Girls & WomenForced Marriage Reports in UK Reach Record High
Britain banned forced marriage in 2014 but there have only been two convictions since. Read more
Girls & WomenIndia Elects a Record-Breaking Number of Women to Parliament
Women will make up about 15% of the lower house of parliament — less than the global average. Read more
Girls & WomenUS House Votes to Recognize FGM as a Human Rights Violation
The bipartisan resolution denouncing female genital mutilation passed 393 to 0. Read more
Girls & WomenViolence Against Children Is on the Rise in Tanzania
Cases of child rape have tripled between 2017 and 2018. Read more
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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