Just the other day, a doctor in Kenya went to the court of law to appeal that the ban of FGM, enacted in 2011, be lifted. She said that banning the medically unnecessary and painful procedure limits a woman’s right to decide what should happen to her life and her...
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) recently completed a study — its conclusion — “The learning situation is dire.” Globally, a significant number of children, six out of ten, and that includes adolescents, are not meeting learning minimums in reading and...
As a girl, it’s pretty obvious. I am instantly up in arms when made to imagine a life where the only viable option is securing a husband for support. Thankfully, that was never a problem I had to deal with growing up in the Philippines. But not everyone is as lucky....
