Girls
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Newyork
Women Must Be Invited to Shape Afghanistan’s Future
In May 2022, nine months after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, I visited a girls’ secondary school that was still open in the north in spite of a ban on education for girls above sixth grade. Communities in the area, which has a long history ...
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Newyork
What to Know About Chemical Hair Relaxers and Health
A growing body of evidence shows a link between these products and a number of health disorders in Black women.
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Newyork
Melinda French Gates: The Enemies of Progress Play Offense. I Want to Help Even the Match.
Many years ago, I received this piece of advice: “Set your own agenda, or someone else will set it for you.” I’ve carried those words with me ever since. That’s why, next week, I will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, of which I was a co ...
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Newyork
Melinda French Gates: Why I’m Donating $1 Billion for Women’s Rights
Many years ago, I received this piece of advice: “Set your own agenda, or someone else will set it for you.” I’ve carried those words with me ever since. That’s why, next week, I will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, of which I was a co ...
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World
She Was Kidnapped a Decade Ago With 275 Girls. Finally, She Escaped.
Saratu Dauda had been kidnapped. It was 2014, she was 16, and she was in a truck packed with her classmates heading into the bush in northeastern Nigeria, a member of the terrorist group Boko Haram at the wheel. The girls’ boarding school in Chibok ...
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Books
‘Girls State,’ ‘Boys State’ and Democracy Through the Eyes of Teenagers
Though both documentaries follow programs for rising high school seniors, their differences speak volumes about the challenges the participants face.
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News
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth.
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News
Is This the World’s Highest Grossing Photograph?
“Girls in the Windows” wasn’t made by an art world giant, but people keep buying it. And buying it. And buying it.
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US
Hawaii Settles Sex Discrimination Case With High School Female Athletes
The landmark class-action case was one of the farthest-reaching challenges to high school sports under federal Title IX protections.
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World
Money, Sex and Rumors: Tanzania Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV
Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.
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