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

Support Initiative has intensified efforts to improve access to education for adolescent mothers and married girls in ...

Education projects supporting marginalised girls in lower-income countries are more likely to achieve lasting transformations when they mobilise young women and their communities as “agents of change” ...

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," ...

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 ...

The journey by taxi last year with her female cousin - covered from head to toe, only their eyes visible, as the rules decree ...

By Frank Kwame Abbor, GNA Ho, June 18, GNA – The Mawuko Girls’ Senior High School in Ho has enhanced its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education with the inauguration of ...

All too often, female students are underrepresented in STEM classes. As a result, girls and young women have a hard time exploring the subjects and picturing themselves in related roles. Some progress ...

Girls who are dissatisfied with their bodies receive lower grades in physical education in sixth grade, while pupils with strong confidence in their physical abilities perform better. This is shown in ...

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The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is stepping up efforts to strengthen girls’ education ...