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
Girls & Women
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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Women Entrepreneurs Could Single-Handedly Lower India’s Unemployment Rate
They have the potential to provide 170 million jobs by 2030. Read more
Mexicans Demand an End to Femicide Following Death of 7-Year-Old Girl
Fátima Cecilia Aldrighett Antón disappeared after school in Mexico City. Read more
Women Can Now Hold Command Positions in India’s Army
India’s government had fought against this ruling. Read more
Hundreds of Iraqi Women Rallied for the Right to Protest With Men
The protestors defied a call to separate anti-government demonstrations by gender. 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
It's possible to end extreme poverty by 2030 — but only if governments, businesses and philanthropists invest $350 billion extra ... 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. Read more
Environment
The world’s poorest people will suffer most from the climate crisis, despite contributing the least to the problem. The effects ... Read more
Citizenship
Around the world, countless people face daily inequalities — from the LGBTI community, to children with disabilities. We can build ... Read more