Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Spain—often rank high in World Economic Forum metrics, alongside two places ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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," ...

Michelle Obama’s Girls Opportunity Alliance, an initiative of the Obama Foundation, has reaffirmed its global commitment to adolescent girls’ education by pledging $2.5 million to support grassroots ...

The Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance will support local organizations helping young women overcome barriers to education and opportunity. Former First Lady Michelle Obama is renewing her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of girls worldwide continue to face barriers that prevent them from completing their education. According to AP News, ...

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 ...

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 ...

At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, said on August 15.