What Our Reporters Learned From The World's Teenage Girls: #15Girls
The girls we met shook up our ideas about everything: menstruation, child brides, soccer, school, whether parents favor boys over girls.
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Your Questions On Period Huts, Child Brides, Girls' Soccer — Answered
You read the stories in our #15Girls series and posed some really good questions. (Wish we'd thought of them first.) Here are answers from our correspondents.
Children Get Married In The U.S., Too: #15Girls
Child marriages don't just happen far away on other continents. They take place in this country as well. And sometimes a judge even approves.
Why A School For Child Brides Made Villagers Mad ... At First: #15Girls
Mahendra Sharma faced stone-throwing fathers and skeptical mothers when he first attempted to educate girls in villages of Northern India.
For Child Brides, Pass 10th Grade Or Become In-Laws' Servant: #15Girls
Nimmu lives in northern India and was married at 10. But she's found a way to delay moving in with her husband.
The Girl Who Broke Free: Building A New Life In America #15Girls
Rosi loves shopping at H&M and teasing her dad. It took years of therapy and tears to put her nightmare behind her. At age 13, she was forced to marry a man twice her age.
Where The Girls Are (And Aren't): #15Girls
Most of the world's girls still face discrimination at nearly every point in their lives — in some cases, even before they are born.
Photographers Capture The Sorrow And Pain Of Global Girls
For the International Day of the Girl Child, we wanted to bring to light issues that are often hidden from view. So we turned to five photographers who devote much of their time to girls' issues.
A Day For Global Girls Gets People Talking, But Then What?
Oct. 11 is the U.N.'s day devoted to stopping child marriage, stepping up education and much more. Does the day really help? Experts have a mixed reaction.