Nara, 11-year-old Paraguayan schoolgirl will serve as the country’s symbolic president on Thursday, part of campaign for UN’ International Day of the Girl.
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World Leaders Stress Need To Educate Girls
Leaders of France, Canada and Britain says failure to provide good quality schooling can be “catastrophic” as they call on their peers to educate girls.
Vietnam Has First Female President, But Activists Unimpressed
Little will be done to improve women’s rights in Vietnam a communist country as Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh a female has been appointed president.
New Center Documents History of Global Women’s Movement
Resource for human rights activists includes training manuals, documentary films, event archives, legal reform research, and more in 20 languages.
New Furor Over Increasingly Controversial Miss America Contest
The reigning Miss America says she has been bullied, manipulated and silenced by the pageant’s current leadership, including Gretchen Carlson.
Abortion Vote is a Set-Back for Argentina and Progress
If we move forward, informed by science and medicine and real facts, our species prospers and needless suffering is reduced. If we move backwards, as Argentina just did, we’ll keep walking blindly into hard objects.
Why Ivanka Trump’s Book is Seen as Boon for Afghan Women
Newly released Pashto-language translation of Women Who Work, the 2017 book by U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka.
A First: New Zealand Prime Minister Delivers Child in Office
Jacinda Ardern now becomes the first woman in the country’s history to give birth while in office
Prosecutor Says 17 Detained in Case Against Saudi Women Activists
Crackdown targeted prominent women’s rights campaigners just weeks before the country lifts its ban on women driving
Saudi Arabia May Finally Outlaw Sexual Harassment
The kingdom’s Shura Council has approved the draft law, which will introduce a prison term of up to five years