A study of 27 projects educating marginalized girls in lower- and middle-income countries finds that whole communities need to be mobilized as “agents of change” to ensure the effects last Education ...

The gains of the past two decades were not accidental, they were built through sustained political will, targeted investment ...

Almost 70% of the civilians being slaughtered in Gaza are women and children. Even the “lucky ones” who survive live in constant terror, uprooted from any semblance of normality. In September, 45,000 ...

Barring girls from high school in Afghanistan violates their rights and has serious ramifications for Afghan society as a whole. "No country can move forward when half its population is left behind," ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Girls Opportunity Alliance (GOA) announced a $2.5 million investment on October 11th to advance girls’ education around the world. The pledge, revealed on the United ...

Sadaf, age 18, joined the inaugural round of the Stealth Sisters program in July 2022, only months after the Taliban closed schools for girls in Afghanistan. Joining the program was an act of ...

Malala Yousafzai visits Dabab, Kenya on her birthday in 2016. Since 2013, the Malala Fund has distributed $65 million through more than 400 grants across 27 countries. Now, as gender equality and ...

While Sub-Saharan African countries have made progress on gender equality and significant strides in education, girls’ schooling remains a major challenge. Millions of young girls still lack the ...

The Statistics and Trends Report 2023-24 on girls' education reveals that a total of 26.2 million children are still out of school, 13.4 million of whom are girls.Regarding facilities for disabled ...

Imagine the powerful transformations that could be achieved if half the world’s population — girls and women — could realize their potential in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. This ...

Investing in girls’ education globally delivers huge returns for economic growth, political participation, women’s health, smaller and more sustainable families, and disease prevention, concludes a ...