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Yelimar, 13, and Ethshailie, 10, joined our partners at Alianza Mujeres Viequenses for the second gathering of Las Mariposas de Vieques—a new girl-led space taking shape on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Yelimar, 13, and Ethshailie, 10, joined our partners at Alianza Mujeres Viequenses for the second gathering of Las Mariposas de Vieques—a new girl-led space taking shape on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
“Her courageous contributions to human rights and women’s empowerment in Afghanistan are beyond question,” said Mr. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Her courageous contributions to human rights and women’s empowerment in Afghanistan are beyond question,” said Mr. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.
“Every girl should be self-dependent and make their own life decisions,” says Tanzim, a student in a vocational center supported by Too Young to Wed and CULP in Rajasthan, India.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Every girl should be self-dependent and make their own life decisions,” says Tanzim, a student in a vocational center supported by Too Young to Wed and CULP in Rajasthan, India.
In Samburu, some girls still face traditions that trade childhood for survival.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In Samburu, some girls still face traditions that trade childhood for survival.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
At eleven, Ntusunywa rose before dawn to herd her family’s goats across the dry plains of Samburu — a way of life her community has cherished for generations.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
At eleven, Ntusunywa rose before dawn to herd her family’s goats across the dry plains of Samburu — a way of life her community has cherished for generations.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
She was 14 when the knock came.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
She was 14 when the knock came.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
More than 140 books written by Afghan women have been banned.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
More than 140 books written by Afghan women have been banned.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
Around the world, girls are rising—and so are we.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Around the world, girls are rising—and so are we.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
For twenty-three years, Rukaiya carried both her scars and her strength.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For twenty-three years, Rukaiya carried both her scars and her strength.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
Blood stains the calendar, not by choice but by poverty.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Blood stains the calendar, not by choice but by poverty.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
“Our classes give girls the chance to keep learning. They also give them hope,” says Zahra, one of more than 100 teachers we are able to employ thanks to your support—teachers who risk everything to keep education alive in Afghanistan.
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“Our classes give girls the chance to keep learning. They also give them hope,” says Zahra, one of more than 100 teachers we are able to employ thanks to your support—teachers who risk everything to keep education alive in Afghanistan.
First the schools were shuttered, then the classrooms emptied. Now, with the internet cut, even the last fragile space for Afghan women and girls to learn, work, and breathe freely has gone dark.
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
First the schools were shuttered, then the classrooms emptied. Now, with the internet cut, even the last fragile space for Afghan women and girls to learn, work, and breathe freely has gone dark.
In Naamunyak, every drop of water carries the weight of a girl’s future.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
September 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In Naamunyak, every drop of water carries the weight of a girl’s future.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
This week is National Missing and Trafficked Foster Children Awareness Week, and too many girls are still vanishing into silence when systems fail them.
September 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This week is National Missing and Trafficked Foster Children Awareness Week, and too many girls are still vanishing into silence when systems fail them.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are incredibly proud to celebrate the Honorable Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, now serving as TYTW’s Executive Fellow for Equity and Girls’ Justice.
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are incredibly proud to celebrate the Honorable Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, now serving as TYTW’s Executive Fellow for Equity and Girls’ Justice.
Three years ago, the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a powerful uprising against oppression that continues to burn in Iran. A young woman, only 22, arrested by the morality police and silenced in custody. Her name became flame.
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Three years ago, the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a powerful uprising against oppression that continues to burn in Iran. A young woman, only 22, arrested by the morality police and silenced in custody. Her name became flame.
In difficult times, art reminds us of our shared humanity — and our TYTW Ambassador Julianne Nicholson brings us there through every role she inhabits. Her authenticity radiates on screen, in person, and in her work with us.
September 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In difficult times, art reminds us of our shared humanity — and our TYTW Ambassador Julianne Nicholson brings us there through every role she inhabits. Her authenticity radiates on screen, in person, and in her work with us.
In Nigeria, schoolgirls are leading the way with an invention that transforms waste into clean energy. Their innovation shows what happens when girls are given the chance to lead.
September 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In Nigeria, schoolgirls are leading the way with an invention that transforms waste into clean energy. Their innovation shows what happens when girls are given the chance to lead.
What does it mean to choose when everything around you is taken?
In Myanmar, girls like the Kayan aren’t just fighting to survive; they’re fighting for the right to shape their future.
In Myanmar, girls like the Kayan aren’t just fighting to survive; they’re fighting for the right to shape their future.
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What does it mean to choose when everything around you is taken?
In Myanmar, girls like the Kayan aren’t just fighting to survive; they’re fighting for the right to shape their future.
In Myanmar, girls like the Kayan aren’t just fighting to survive; they’re fighting for the right to shape their future.
Four out of five people displaced by climate disasters are women and girls. When crops fail, girls are pulled from classrooms and forced into child marriage or exploitation. Behind every drought, every flood, every field turned to dust is a story of survival carried on their shoulders.
September 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Four out of five people displaced by climate disasters are women and girls. When crops fail, girls are pulled from classrooms and forced into child marriage or exploitation. Behind every drought, every flood, every field turned to dust is a story of survival carried on their shoulders.
They say peace is the absence of war, but women know peace as something deeper—a roof rebuilt, a child’s laughter returned, a scar forgiven. Across frontlines and fractured lands, women are the quiet architects of healing.
August 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
They say peace is the absence of war, but women know peace as something deeper—a roof rebuilt, a child’s laughter returned, a scar forgiven. Across frontlines and fractured lands, women are the quiet architects of healing.
Four years since the sky fell over Afghanistan.
A flag of fear was raised.
Classrooms were stolen.
Girls locked out of secondary school, and later, women barred from universities.
Futures forced into silence.
A flag of fear was raised.
Classrooms were stolen.
Girls locked out of secondary school, and later, women barred from universities.
Futures forced into silence.
August 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Four years since the sky fell over Afghanistan.
A flag of fear was raised.
Classrooms were stolen.
Girls locked out of secondary school, and later, women barred from universities.
Futures forced into silence.
A flag of fear was raised.
Classrooms were stolen.
Girls locked out of secondary school, and later, women barred from universities.
Futures forced into silence.
They told her books were forbidden, her voice unwelcome, her dreams too bold for a girl. In the quiet, she writes her own lessons in the margins of the night. Now she is dancing, singing, moving through the air like freedom itself.
August 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They told her books were forbidden, her voice unwelcome, her dreams too bold for a girl. In the quiet, she writes her own lessons in the margins of the night. Now she is dancing, singing, moving through the air like freedom itself.
While men dominate 90 percent of governments and orchestrate wars from podiums and boardrooms, it is women and children who bear the brunt of their decisions. In Gaza, over 70 percent of those killed are women and children.
August 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
While men dominate 90 percent of governments and orchestrate wars from podiums and boardrooms, it is women and children who bear the brunt of their decisions. In Gaza, over 70 percent of those killed are women and children.
“I can promise you that women working together — linked, informed, and educated — can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” — Isabel Allende
August 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“I can promise you that women working together — linked, informed, and educated — can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.” — Isabel Allende