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Update: Malala Yousafzai Returns to School after Shooting

Earlier this week, Malala Yousafzai went back to school at the Edgbaston High School for Girls in the UK. The 15-year old education advocate from Pakistan expressed joy at returning to her studies after the tragic shooting back...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Nigerian Child Brides Being Denied an Education

Increasingly more girls in Nigeria are finding themselves getting married as early as twelve years old. Not only are they becoming child brides, but they are being forced to drop out of school. At a young age these girls are ro...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Teach at Honduras’ Leadership Center

If you want to volunteer and teach poor students in Honduras, here is an excellent opportunity: the Leadership Center (LC) invites applications for teachers who will be responsible for teaching college students in Honduras. The...
by Mantra Roy
 
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India: Using Education to End Sexual Violence Against Women

There has been a growing awareness of sexual violence against women in India. This is following a month after the gang rape—and subsequent death—of a university student in New Delhi. As India continues to discuss possible s...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Fundasaun Alola Invests in the Mothers of Timor-Liste

Fundasaun Alola is a humble NGO that advocates for the equal rights of women and children in Timor-Leste. It was most recently recognized for its work promoting maternal women’s and infant health. Women are historically d...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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TechWomen: Where Business and Technology Meet Innovation

TechWomen is a program designed to empower the next generation of women and girls by providing access to opportunities that support a career in technology. Emerging women leaders in technology sectors from the Middle East and ...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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Info Ladies Deliver IT to Remote Villages in Bangladesh

Of the 152 million people in Bangladesh, only 5 million have Internet access. “Info Ladies” help to bridge this technological gap, biking to remote villages to deliver Wi-Fi-connected laptops and information service...
by Alice Formwalt
 
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Teen Pregnancy Hindering Girls from Education in Africa

According to studies done in several countries in Africa, there has been an increase in the number of teen pregnancies. This rise may reflect a decrease in the number of young girls who are educated. Such a correlation seems to...
by Sera Yoo
 
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“Half the Sky” Premiere on TV: Education is the Key to Rescuing Oppressed Females

Nicholas Kristof ‘s documentary, “Half the Sky,” premiered on PBS early this month. The four-hour documentary, which is based on a best-selling novel written by Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, depicted the tragic stories...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Pakistan: 14 Year Old Activist, Malala Yousufzai, Shot

Earlier this month, 14-year old Malala Yousufzai, a girls’ education advocate, was shot by a member of the Taliban in the head and neck.  The shooting occurred in the bus that Malala was on, heading home from school. Reporte...
by Sera Yoo
 
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UN Creates “International Day of the Girl Child”

This year marks the UN’s first-ever International Day of the Girl Child, which will be commemorated on the eleventh of October. The day was created by the United Nations General Assembly to help promote opportunities and...
by Jana Melpolder
 
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Fear Doesn’t Keep Afghan Women Away from Schools

Gaining an education is still difficult for women in Afghanistan. The greatest opponent is fear. Cases of death threats, poisoning, acid attacks, and bombings by extremists groups, such as the Taliban, still continue. It is eno...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund Continues to Grow, Bringing Aid to Thousands of Female Vendors

UN Women has donated US $3 million to the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund (SMWF) for the construction of eight markets in Liberia. The new venues will feature a bank, nursery school, warehouse, and adult literacy school. Th...
by Sean Yi
 
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In Palestine, Putting a Teen Mayor in Charge of the Town: Allar’s Daring Experimental Education

Fifteen-year-old Othman, the first girl Mayor of the Palstenian town of Allar, describes facing skepticism when she initially ascended into her position. Then, over time, she gained the respect of her constituents through hard ...
by Tiffany Tsai
 
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Household Chores Hold Girls Back

Young girls around the world are faced with a very difficult sense of reality. Often when one or both parents are unable to care for the home or family, a daughter will have to step in and take care of the household chores. Thi...
by Jana Melpolder
 
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Egyptian Student Creates New Method of Space Propulsion

Nineteen-year-old Physics student Aisha Mustafa, from Egypt’s Sohag University, has patented a new method of propulsion in space. Her idea could be utilized in a variety of fields, and involves quantum physics and a phys...
by Susie Hufford
 
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Ghanaian Girl Guide on Arctic Expedition with Greenpeace

Nineteen-year-old Yvette Sena Blankson from Ghana is the youngest member of an international Arctic expedition with Greenpeace. Blankson is an Information Studies and Sociology student at the University of Ghana. She someday ho...
by Susie Hufford
 
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Women Agricultural Scientists in Africa Face a Tough Cultural Choice

In Africa, although women make up the vast majority of the farming workforce, leaders in Africa’s agricultural sector are mostly men. Beating gender inequality in agriculture means, more often than not, that women agricul...
by Ling Shu
 
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Cote d’Ivoire Program Empowers Girls with Art

Academically low-performing girls in Cote d’Ivoire may see a brighter future thanks to a new program offered by the Nord school complex. Here, girls are able to seek extra help on their days off. Offering more than just r...
by Amy Sevegny
 
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South African Student Wins International Acclaim for Toothbrush Invention

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, South African student Chené Mostert participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012 and won the ADA Foundation’s First Award of $2,000 for her invention, titled &#...
by Susie Hufford
 
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Uganda Appeals to Muslims to Allow Girl Education

Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) recently appealed to the Muslim community to educate girls. The president of UPC, Dr. Olara Otunnu, has called for support of girls’ education. Otunnu’s words came during a fundraise...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Girls Provide Hope For the Millennium in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 In Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, girls who used to be last in class are gaining knowledge, skills, and self-assurance in a program called “Fille-espoir du millénaire,” which translates as “Girls: Hope for th...
by Susie Hufford
 
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Gender Equality Initiatives in Bangladesh Tip the Scales

Two decades in motions to increase opportunities for girls in primary education has brought Bangladesh’s education system beyond gender equality to an over-representation of girls in primary schools. The Gender Parity In...
by Amanda Bragg
 
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Young Activist Aparna Bhola: Sex Educator and Aspiring Gynecologist

Sixteen-year-old Aparna Bhola is an aspiring gynecologist who gives sex education lectures to peers in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in India. She grew up in Kolkata and then moved with her mother, a sex worker, to the red-light...
by Susie Hufford
 
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700 Schoolgirls in Zimbabwe Protest Water Shortages and Poor Food

In Gutu, Zimbabwe, 700 schoolgirls from Mukaro Highschool protested lack of good water and food at their school. They left their dormitories quietly at around 2:00AM and walked about 12 miles (20km) to the district’s educatio...
by Susie Hufford
 
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Delhi Anglo-Arabic School Admits Girls for First Time in 300 Years

After more than 300 years, the Anglo-Arabic Senior Secondary School in Delhi, India made history by admitting girls for the first time. In a school where the students were all boys and the staff was mostly men, it wasn’t easy...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Middle East: More Women in Education But Fewer in Employment

According to new statistics provided by the United Nations, almost two-thirds of Middle Eastern countries have a larger number of women than men in universities. In employment, however, there are fewer women than men. Lebanon ...
by Sera Yoo
 
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Boys Only’ Sports Regulation Withering Under Olympics Heat

An official ban on physical education for girls in Saudi Arabia is losing its stranglehold as the national team for the 2012 Olympics prepares for the possibility of containing a woman. As of the last Olympics in 2010, Saudi Ar...
by Tiffany Tsai
 
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50 Ghanaian Women Receive Scholarships For Stellar BECE Scores

50 young women who earned excellent marks on their 2011 BECEs (Basic Education Certificate Examinations) have received scholarships from the World Food Program and the Ghana Education Service. The scholarships will help them co...
by Susie Hufford
 
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Vocational Training Set to Change the Lives of Adolescent Haitian Girls

A thousand adolescent girls in Haiti are receiving training for non-traditional professions. This is being done through a program set by the World Bank known as the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI). Girls between the ages of 1...
by Sera Yoo
 
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