Meet Fautima: Leading refugee girls in Ethiopia
By Rocio Ortega, Girl Up Teen Advisor Her parents left their native country hoping for a better future. So did …
By Rocio Ortega, Girl Up Teen Advisor Her parents left their native country hoping for a better future. So did …
Around the world, 222 million women want to delay or avoid pregnancy, but aren’t using modern contraception. Family Planning 2020 …
Learn more and join the MAMA Google+ hangout on Thursday, March 20th at 9:30 a.m. ET! There are approximately 400 …
What do you want the world to look like for girls and women in 2030? We sat down with experts and leaders at the UN Foundation to hear what they have to say.
On March 8, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day. Here are five women who are driving progress and inspiring change for girls and women around the world.
On International Women’s Day, let’s remember that a crucial step to ending poverty comes through providing access to reliable and sustainable energy for girls and women.
International Women’s Day on March 8 celebrates the achievements of girls and women – it’s also a call to action to continue our work to empower girls and women worldwide.
Throughout March, the United Nations Foundation will be taking action and raising awareness to support the United Nations and our partners around the world who are champions for girls and women.
What is one thing world leaders should do to empower girls worldwide? That’s the question we put to the Girl Up campaign’s current class of Teen Advisors.
In the United States, we are given a birth certificate and an official identification number when we are born. We become official citizens. When I turned 16 I got a driver’s license. Many of us will travel overseas and need to apply for a passport. As we live our lives, go to school, visit a doctor, or register to vote, we are able to do these things because we have been given a number that recognizes us as a member of society.
Last week, leaders from around the world gathered for the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss the state of the global economy and outline priorities moving forward. To talk about progress for our global economy, we have to talk about progress for women, 50% of the population.