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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.
At Kalas Girls Primary School in Uganda's Amudat district in 2018, a student breaks down as she describes running away from home to avoid being subjected to female genital mutilation.
Female Genital Mutilation Is an Extreme Form of Violence Against Girls
At least 200 million girls & women are living with the pain & trauma caused by FGM. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice now.
In February 2018, young girls stand outside their traditional stone home in the village of Assamo, Djibouti.
After Losing a Daughter to FGM, a Mother in Djibouti Renews Her Fight
Miriam Kako has seen the horrors of female genital mutilation. Now, she's working with UNICEF and partners to end the cruel practice.
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.
For Pascaline, a teenager living in a poor neighborhood in Niger's capital, Niamey, staying in school means the chance to play soccer and to make her own decisions about her future.
Using Soccer to End Child Marriage in Niger
A successful UNICEF-supported program in Niger combines sports and academics to keep girls in school and prevent early marriage.
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.
In August 2019, students at the Bibi Amina Girls High School in Panjshir, a province in the North of Afghanistan, are excited to be back in school with their new UNICEF school supplies.
Getting Girls Back to School in Afghanistan
UNICEF is helping children get back to learning in Afghanistan, where an estimated 3.7 million kids are out of school — 60% of them girls.
Women in India's Jharkhand state are learning masonry skills and menstrual hygiene as part of a UNICEF sanitation program.
Building Toilets and Educating Girls About Menstruation In India
Trained as masons for a sanitation project, women in Jharkhand are changing the conversation about gender roles and girls' 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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