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These Young Women Are Using The Power Of Music To Turn School Children Into Changemakers

In a classroom where one student can’t write his name while the other can effortlessly read the entire Harry Potter series, how can every child be equally engaged? Ho...

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Gender

Speaking Out On Sexism And Violence Through Hip-Hop

UN: Young women are beginning to find their voices around issues such as sexism and violence, including through hip-hop, an art form which has a long tradition of fighting ...

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Trending

Abortion, Contraception, And Equality: Honoring 100 Years Of Reproductive Rights

October 16, 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Planned Parenthood, an organization that has fought from its outset to ensure that women are...

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Health

HPV Vaccination Reduces Cervical Abnormalities In Young Women, Study Finds

Young women immunized against human papilloma virus were significantly less likely to have potentially cancerous cervical abnormalities compared to those who didn't receive...

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Hollywood

Shaun Robinson Forms New Charity To Empower Girls And Young Women

Emmy Award-winning journalist and TV host Shaun Robinson has formed the
SHAUN Foundation for Girls – a multi-level, innovative new charity to empower girls and y...

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Human Rights

Textile Sector Still In Knots Over Child Labour

Textile units in Tamil Nadu have grabbed headlines several times in the past for the wrong reasons. Non-governmental organisations, including international organisations, h...

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Sustainable Development

Improving The Quality Of Skills Training: What The Adolescent Girls Initiative Pilots Can Teach Us

The Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) through its eight pilots taught us a great deal about how to make skills training more female-friendly and support young women's trans...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Gone Girls

A couple of years ago, the mass kidnapping of girls by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria made headlining news the world over. The trauma of parents not knowing what happened ...

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Gender

Mobile Phones: Patriarchy's New Red Alert

Villages are imposing mobile phone bans on young women in order to control their new independence and mobility. It started with KhapPanchayats in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and...

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Hollywood

Reese Witherspoon’s Oscar-Worthy Truth For Young Women

Don’t ask Reese Witherspoon who she’s wearing this Sunday on the Oscar’s Red Carpet. Witherspoon, who is a producer as well as an award-winning actress, w...

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