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Displaced by armed conflict in northeast Nigeria, Julianna, 13, is one of three girls on the school-based management committee at the UNICEF-supported Kulmsulum School in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Women's Advice for Girls: Stay in School. Believe in Yourself.
Don't marry young. Find work that you love. Mothers and teens share their hope and wisdom with the next generation of girls.
Students in Amboasary, Madagascar — including 15-year-old Soavazaha, left — participate in a life skills program supported by UNICEF's Let Us Learn initiative.
Keeping Girls in School in Madagascar
In Madagascar, UNICEF's Let Us Learn program helps girls get an education and build life skills instead of dropping out to marry early.
A UNICEF-supported female discussion leader facilitates dialogue about important social issues including health, hygiene, sanitation and HIV at a church in the village of Rwaza in the Musanze district of northern Rwanda.
In Photos: Zonta's 100 Years Empowering Women and Girls
As Zonta International celebrates its centennial year, a look back at Zonta's historic partnership with UNICEF USA.
UNICEF Market Helps Supergirl-Silversmiths Shine
Thanks to entrepreneur training and access to a global market, the Jalapa Girls Silversmiths are confident in themselves and their futures.
Adolescent girls attend Karate class as part of a UNICEF-supported girls' empowerment program in the village of Madanpur in India's Jharkand State in December 2016.
UNICEF and Dove Team Up To Empower and Educate Girls
Self-esteem and body confidence training helps girls around the world build self-assurance and reach their full potential.
Adolescent girls conduct experiments during a chemistry at UNICEF-supported Kamulanga Secondary School in Lusaka, Zambia in 2016.
Women Continue Empowering Women and Girls Around the World
UNICEF USA partners with Dining for Women and Zonta International to promote equal rights for women and girls.
Approximately 248,000 children — some as young as 12 — were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010.
On the Front Lines in the Fight to End Child Marriage in the U.S.
Forced into an abusive marriage at 19, Fraidy Reiss escaped and started a nonprofit to support girls and women trapped in wedlock.
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When a Refugee Camp Becomes an Innovation Incubator
In Jordan, young people fleeing Syria's civil war are inventing ingenious solutions to problems faced by people in their community.