Some parents, who are concerned about their daughters ‘growing up too early’, are trying to delay their child’s first period.
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The author was banned from school by the Taliban as a girl in 1996. Years after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, she asks why the international community’s response has fallen so short.
The author was banned from school by the Taliban as a girl in 1996. Years after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, she asks why the international community’s response has fallen so short.
When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
Lena Dunham’s searingly funny, shockingly honest memoir reveals how Hollywood culture allows pretty much anything, except human frailty.
ADHD isn’t just hyperactive boys. In girls and women, it looks different and can become more complex across the lifespan. Here’s how it shows up and why it matters.
Girls said that visual platforms, such as Instagram and TikTok, particularly reiterate gendered expectations for girls on how they should present themselves.
Factors contributing to school violence are found in the family, the community and the school.
The number of permanent exclusions is rising much faster among girls than boys.
A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.
Established to diagnose and treat women and girls for venereal diseases, this hospital lay at the heart of the notorious Glasgow System.
Ghana’s history with implementing laws threatens the success of the affirmative action law.
A recent study highlights the significant long-term socioeconomic benefits of sports participation for women and girls.
Girls bear the brunt of the climate crisis. It’s time we bring them to the centre of international climate policy.
Adopting healthy behaviors and thought patterns around food and nutrition takes time and intentional effort. But it will lead to more lasting change and positive outcomes than quick-fix dieting will.
Host Vinita Srivastava explores why racist, homophobic and sexist attitudes are increasingly showing up in school-age boys – and what we can do about it.
Understanding how deepfakes can be used as a tool for misogyny is an important first step in considering the harms they will likely cause, including through school cyberbullying.
Of the 1.5 million children in English schools identified for SEN services, only one in three – 0.5 million – were girls.
Built in 1821 to house and provide productive employment for the New South Wales colony’s growing population of female convicts, the Parramatta Female Factory was also the site of countless horrors.
People might go to the movies to escape reality. Yet Barbie and Ariel choose to live in the world their audiences inhabit − and, in doing so, decide to die.
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