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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This American Girl Was Forced to Marry a Stranger in a Religious 'Cult' at Age 15
“This happens across all kinds of religions and backgrounds here in the US.” Read More
Girls & Women
41-Year-Old Man Fined Just $450 Over Marriage to 11-Year-Old Girl
Under Malaysian civil law, the marriage is still unrecognized, but is valid under Islamic law. Read More
Girls & Women
France Outlaws Catcalling Women in Public After Paris Café Assault
The vote came after a woman was attacked outside a Paris café. Read More
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Girls & WomenViolent Protesters Bully Menstruating Women Away From Hindu Temple
After the Supreme Court revoked a temple's gender ban, devotees protested. Read more
Girls & WomenUN Calls to End 'Virginity Tests' Around the World
At least 20 countries use the “medically unnecessary” procedure. Read more
Girls & WomenKleenex Is Finally Ditching ‘Mansize’ Tissues
It’s the latest unnecessarily gendered product to bite the dust. Read more
Girls & WomenWomen in Iran Watched Soccer in a Stadium for the First Time in 35 Years
It’s unclear if the ban has been officially lifted. 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