.... These were idealized images, but they encouraged women and girls to dream big. Though, unlike in the U.S., the goal of such feminism wasn’t personal fulfillment, but rather serving the country and continuing the communist revolution. While a significant change from gender relations in pre-1949 China...

...Shaheen Buneri The changes began in July 2007 when Maulana Fazlullah, a 32-year-old lift operator turned Taliban commander, launched a pirate FM radio station to preach religious bigotry across the Swat Valley. Day after day, his inflammatory broadcasts discouraged girls’ education, called...

...Ian Bateson Lucia was 15 when she became pregnant. The news was a shock to her family: Lucia didn’t have a boyfriend and spent her time doing homework and singing in the church choir. But amid tears, the girl revealed to her mother that the local priest had been raping her for the past two years...

...Jill Filipovic India’s ban on sex-selective abortions in 1994 was designed to increase gender equality and send the message that girls and women are valued in society. But the law has also come at a cost, according to Jill Filipovic . Many poor women now find that they can’t access second-trimester...

...Rafia Zakaria A new propaganda magazine unveiled this summer by the Pakistani Taliban targets an unexpected audience: women. Journalist Rafia Zakaria describes how the Taliban, who came to power on a promise to eliminate females from the public sphere, are now calling on girls and women to rebel...

... the state accountable for the ongoing violence against women and girls. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 femicide feminicide Mexico JUÁREZ, Mexico—“Respect our lives” was written in green letters on her bare back. Another woman held up a purple banner that read, “Why are you...

... girls away from their schools. The coverage of the event had two major effects: It inflated Shekau’s value as a media commodity, making it increasingly rewarding to keep him in the news, and it distorted the story itself. In spite of the way it was covered by the media, the Chibok kidnappings had...

...“Noor,” 16, said an Islamic State fighter raped her multiple times. She is one of the few Yazidi girls getting regular psychosocial treatment. “Noor,” 16, said an Islamic State fighter raped her multiple times. She is one of the few Yazidi girls getting regular psychosocial treatment. ROTHNA...

...“Why are you taking a picture?” the six-year-old girl asked. “Perhaps, because these images preserve time?” I replied to her. “I will remember that I can’t swim here, but my brother can,” the girl said before running back to her friends. “Why are you taking a picture?” the six-year-old girl...

... of the South American capital, a topless young woman with pierced nipples and tattoos marches alongside an 8-year-old girl accompanied by her mother and grandmother. The family is carrying a poster that declares in Spanish, “I’m a slut. You’re a slut. Your mom’s a slut.” As the women—and some male supporters...

... a flashlight, and they agreed to patrol at night. They have already saved one girl from rape, running off her attackers. The men would like food, or rum, or some kind of payment for their patrolling, Delourdes says. But, right now, they're doing it for free. Another group plans to recruit men who live...

... the woman of my dreams.” Nathalie has resumed concealing her relationships with other women. When men in the neighborhood ask her out, she invites them to sit out on the porch, in plain view of her parents, and makes small talk over Cokes. “That way, my parents think this story of girls in my head...

.... Even in a school for the ultra-wealthy, filled with unusually attractive children, these girls stand out as the true beauties. As the three candidates campaign, six-foot photos of each hang in the school’s main foyer, greeting those who enter with a hint of cleavage and the come-hither expressions...

... GOLD & SILVER Human Rights Watch MINING report, 137 women and girls claim...

..., and intravenous drug users. Other vulnerable groups, like refugees, youth, women and girls, transsexuals, and prisoners, also stand to benefit from an effective response to the threat of HIV. With the political turmoil wrought by the Arab Spring, fighting the threat of HIV, or simply staying alive and healthy...

... of the Damietta girls is on a Facebook page dedicated to sharing information about their case. The page reads like a grim flipbook: Details of the case of Fatima Turq, who was detained after protesting the detention of her father and brother only to be released and rearrested along with her sister and fiancé...