World Cup 2014 : Girl power wins, Mumbra grants them their own football field

When a motley group of girls in the Muslim-dominated suburb of Mumbra started playing football in secret, they had no idea that three years later, they would be able to kic...

Power Breakfast

Did you know that in movies and television shows only 17% of crowd scenes are made up of women? I learned that and other interesting facts in Mount St. Mary’s 2014 Re...

Ad of the Day: Verizon Reminds Parents That Girls Aren't Just Pretty but 'Pretty Brilliant'

It’s 2014. We’re in a post-feminist society, right? Ha ha. Nope. That’s why campaigns like “Inspire Her Mind,” from Verizon, in partnership wi...

Sparks fly as 'Girls Can' campers learn welding, wiring and more

“This is something I really, really want to do,” said Baker High School sophomore Courtney Hutton, as she worked in the welding shop at Bryant Career Technical ...

“She Started It” Aims To Change Silicon Valley’s Gender Inequality Problem

A NEW FILM FOCUSES ON WHAT MAKES FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS SUCCEED--AND INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION OF GIRLS TO FOLLOW SUIT. ?You can?t be what you can?t see? said Marie Wilson...

No toilets for girls in one-fifth of India?s schools, enrolment on decline

Dip in number of schools providing midday meals to their students

“About 20 per cent schools in India still lack toilet facilities for girls,” says a re...

The Powerpuff Girls? to Return With New Series in 2016

?The Powerpuff Girls? will return to Cartoon Network in 2016, the cabler announced Monday. The reboot will include a new television series and a full licensing program that...

Chelsea Clinton To Host No Ceilings Conversation In Denver

On Monday, June 23rd, Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton will host From STEM to Success: A No Ceilings Conversation – the fourth in a series of live and vi...

For an aspiring global power, India suffers from shocking levels of malnutrition

The bad news is that India continues to lead most countries in several malnutrition and mortality indicators. The latest UN report places India’s maternal mortality a...