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
This Is What It’s Like to Be a Mom at 10 and Married at 11 in Florida
Johnson was forced to marry her rapist to help him evade punishment. Read More
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FGM in the US: The Hidden Crime Next Door
More than half a million girls are at risk. Read More
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Powerful Photos Capture Iranian Women Casting Off Their Hijabs in Protest
Several women have recently taken off their headscarves to protest hijab laws. Read More
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Girls & WomenIn Kenya, Desperate Children Have Sex With Tourists for $1
"Most girls in my village do it. I can get 100 ($1) to 500 shillings." Read more
Girls & WomenNigeria Must Do More to Protect Girls Against FGM, Activists Say
Nigeria accounts for a tenth of the estimated 200 million girls and women globally affected by FGM. Read more
Girls & WomenA Bill Aiming to Make 'Upskirting' a Crime in England and Wales Has Been Blocked. By a Man.
The shock result comes after the government confirmed its support for the bill. Read more
Girls & WomenSan Francisco Just Elected Its First Black Female Mayor
London Breed is a San Francisco native and a long-time affordable housing advocate. 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