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US Special Envoy Rina Amiri addresses the 16th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Washington. 
Afghanistan
US special envoy: Taliban ‘puts women’s right at peril everywhere’
People walk along a downtown street in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, March 16, 2020. Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives, abortion services and related care because of the coronavirus pandemic.
How women and girls are especially at risk of hunger during the pandemic 
Arts, Culture & Media
Everything is Awesome About These Female Lego Figures
Arts, Culture & Media
Adam Driver Beyond “Girls”
Making Sure No Woman Is Left Behind
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What We Can Learn From the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban
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Is it Time to Change Age-of-Consent Laws?
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Eve Ewing
Arts
Eve Ewing, creative queen of Chicago
A girl attends her first class at a school in Hazema in north Raqqa, Syria.
Conflict
In Syria, all girls want is safety and school
AWL
Development
Across Women’s Lives is hitting the road, and we need your help
In an interview with PRI's The World, UNAIDS director Michel Sidibe celebrated successes against the epidemic, but stressed the challenges faced by young women.
Development
Women and girls are a new frontier in the fight against HIV
Photo of Nancy Bailey with children from her school
Education
Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in Guatemala.
Zara John, 16, holds her baby, with her mother watching in the background.
Conflict
A teen rescued from Boko Haram captivity still pines for her militant husband
Ayesha and Marco D'Souza with their daughter Tenaya
Culture
This Mumbai couple waited to adopt a daughter: ‘We just wanted a girl’
Michelle Obama in Japan
Education
Michelle Obama advocates for girls in Japan while women struggle
Development
A push to tackle issues of global gender inequality
The Underground Girls of Kabul
Development
Why some Afghans are raising their girls as boys
5th Grade Girls Attending Driscoll Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts
Education
How American fifth graders react when introduced to the concept of child marriages
Lena Dunham (second from right) and the other principal actors of the hit HBO series, Girls.
Culture
Lena Dunham’s candid, quirky style shows through in a brutally honest new book
Diversifying the Writer’s Room: Playwright Tanya Saracho on Writing for Television
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Arts, Culture & Media
HBO’s ‘Girls’ shows the real side of sex and New York City
A Conversation with Lena Dunham, Creator and Star of HBO’s Girls
The All-White World of ‘Girls’
Lena Dunham Represents Her Generation with ‘Girls’