Having been criticized throughout my adolescence for using it, I’ve done my fair share of research about what the word “like” means.
The disturbing and pervasive truth is that Black girls haven’t been afforded childhood during the pandemic, but that had also been true well before COVID-19.
Given entrenched cultural norms, the U.S. and the international community should demand that the new Taliban regime uphold the basic rights of Afghan women as defined by the Afghan constitution.
Across western Nepal, tradition remains stronger than law as villagers find new ways to partake in “chhaupadi,” the age-old tradition of exiling women during menstruation because periods have been long considered impure.
Samira Surfs draws on real-life stories to create the story of Samira, a 12-year-old girl who embraces surfing as a way to find herself and process her trauma.
14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde became the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the competition’s 96-year history.
It wasn’t until recently that I realized I have never seen the interests of young boys, such as video games or sports, treated in the same way that girls’ interests in makeup, music, or even women’s sports often are.
Pandemic lockdowns led to worsening levels of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder among adolescents.
The title character in Jenny Mei Is Sad is a little girl who is often sad but still makes jokes and smiles. Her best friend always lets her know that she is there to listen and play games, even when Jenny Mei isn’t at her best.
“Because We Are Girls” follows the story of three sisters on their journey to heal from the long-buried trauma of childhood sexual abuse decades before.
Royal Bahamas Police Force report that during the pandemic, more teenage girls have gone missing than in years past, and activists say it is part of a larger pattern of abuse.
The Mexico City government erected barricades around the National Palace of Government as a "wall of peace" intended to protect the historic building ahead of the 8M International Women’s Day protest on March 8, 2021. It did not go well.
Former CNN and Washington Post reporter Masuma Ahuja compiled the stories of 30 girls from 27 countries around the world in a scrapbook-style book.
A new study predicts that there will be 6.8 million fewer female births compared to male births in India between 2017 to 2030, due to the country’s strong preference for sons and falling fertility rates.
There has been a 52% increase of Latinas incarcerated nationally
Sexist microaggressions perpetuated among peers also contribute to the prevalence of rape culture in Indian high schools.
Cravalho stars in a new video storytime session in which she reads WE COUNT! A 2020 Census Counting Book for Young Children (and the Grownups Who Love Them).
Every hour, four girls under 13 are raped in Brazil.
As climate change and the pandemic inflate food sales, families in Kenya's slums, already sunken into poverty, are resorting to marrying off their young daughters.
Cases under India’s Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act are meant to be fast-tracked, but the reality of the judicial system's backlog often means that those cases can drag on for years. One of Delhi's most infamous and horrific rape cases is among them. Amid the long slog of court appearances, postponements — and now, the pandemic — a child victim grows up.
When an Instagram private group of twenty schoolboys from Delhi's elite schools fantasizing and degrading their female classmates went viral, it was supposed to offer a cultural reckoning for India's teens about misogyny and gendered violence. Then, it took a dark turn.
My parents married me off to my aunt’s husband, much in the way I’d seen other girls my age married off to older men in our Johanne Marange Apostolic Church community at home in Bikita.
In early 2018, the story of a baby who was raped by a relative sent shockwaves around the world. Two years later, the world has moved on, but she is no closer to receiving justice.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive surge in child abuse material being uploaded, according to a story from the Fuller Project for International Reporting co-published with the UK Telegraph.
Recently, five teenagers in Afghanistan who make up an all-female robotics team developed a cost-effective ventilator that runs using the motor of a Toyota Corolla.