Continued restrictions on girls’ education and women’s labor force participation are violating their rights and weakening the ...

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," ...

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan six months ago, the educational dreams of millions of girls have been dashed. In late March, the group reneged on its promise to allow Afghan girls to ...

Merck Foundation Highlights 14 Years of Empowering Women, Supporting Infertile Women and Advancing Girl Education ...

Deprived of education for more than 600 days, Afghan girls seek refuge in online education even though access is scarce and difficult. On May 13, Afghan girls marked 600 days shut out of school. For ...

YOUNG WOMEN want equal access to education. We want leaders to invest in our future. We also want our perspectives to inform the plans and policies that affect us. In honour of International Women’s ...

The government of Sierra Leone is attracting global recognition and celebrating its policies and commitments toward advancing and securing access to education for girls, in particular pregnant girls ...

In this article, we will discuss a troubling global issue: the profound challenges faced by girls seeking an education in some parts of the world. We will talk about the 25 worst countries for girls ...

Disruptions to students’ academic years can have extreme consequences. Just three months of missed schooling can result in 1.5 years of learning loss years later. This is the impact COVID-19 is having ...

A new government report reveals that girls in the country’s arid and semi-arid counties face twice the menstrual-related absenteeism as those in better-served areas.It has also emerged that one in ...