Every year, the Commission on the Status of Women serves as an important forum for women’s empowerment, gathering dedicated champions for gender equality from all over the world. Its 65th session ...

“I want to be a magistrate, but I’m afraid. The girls who have been married won’t be able to go back to school. It could happen to me too.” At age 14, Coventry increasingly fears that she might be ...

For example, when they are reminded of boys' dominance in learning math, they perform lower on academic tests. The stereotype acts as a stressor to performance. Girls who have a growth vs. a fixed ...

International Day of the Girl on Oct 11 has been met with a flurry of social media and public statements about the importance of educating girls. Non-profits, social investors, and economists advocate ...

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COVID-19 was a fork in the road for over 1.5 billion learners, including over 767 million girls and young women. Over 190 countries faced nation-wide school closure, and at its peak, online learning ...

While gender differences in learning math have long been debated, new research debunks an old myth about the math abilities of boys and girls. Women have surpassed men in college enrollment and degree ...

A study suggests outdoor education could be a promising tool to help close gender gaps in science. In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found that an outdoor science program was ...

KABUL -- Watery snow muffles Sarah's footsteps as she walks through the streets of Kabul to a clandestine school set up to fight the Taliban's draconian restrictions on education for girls. It is a ...