Young Women and Girls

Eleni Livingston and Rana Banankhah, both 17 years old, are voting members of their states’ board of education. Their experiences...

An anti-FGM protest on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation in February 2019. (Outlook India / Creative...

The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s...

Artwork done by one of the women in Maine taking “Bridging the Divide.” (Courtesy) In fall of 2020, prominent filmmaker...

Despite much anticipation, the Taliban regime announced last week that girls’ schools from grades 7-12 would remain closed until they...

Though most people are supportive of transgender rights, how stories are framed—and what stories they hear—matters. A participant at a rally...

Women’s funders cannot—and will not—stand by as women, girls and other marginalized people once again face the brunt of risk,...

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) participates in a Democratic Women’s Caucus roundtable on Dec. 9, 2021. Two of Speier’s bipartisan bills...

Pace provides girls and young women an opportunity for a better future through education, counseling, training and advocacy. (Courtesy of...

Despite a recent surge of women candidates, women are still very unlikely to run for office. If the status quo...