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
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Scarlett Curtis Were Just Honored for Fighting Gender Inequality With Their Words
Equality Now recognized Adichie's and Curtis’ work in feminist spaces with a night of empowerment. Read More
Girls & Women
How Safe Spaces Are Helping to Prevent Child Marriage in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, nearly 40% of girls are married before age 18. Read More
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Human Rights Advocates Demand Policy Change in Cyprus After British Teen Gets Prison Sentence for Dropping Rape Charges
The woman was sentenced to four months in jail, suspended for three years. Read More
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1 Rape Is Reported Every 15 Minutes in India
Nearly 34,000 incidents of rape were reported in 2018. Read more
Women in Mexico City Rallied Against Femicide With Hundreds of Red Shoes
Gender-related crimes and murders are on the rise across the country. Read more
The Scottish Government Just Rejected a Bill That Would Guarantee Free Period Products
Advocates say the bill is necessary to completely end stigma. Read more
Women Living With Mothers-In-Law in Rural India Less Likely to Access Reproductive Health Care: Study
Researchers found women without much contact with people outside their homes lack freedom. 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