It's past time we ended the stigma – and tax – on periods for girls around the world On this International Day of the Girl Child, we are bringing awareness to period poverty, which hits 500 ...

Poverty is a complex issue in the United States. One that is rooted in the brutal history of slavery, lynching, rape, segregation and miseducation.

But our fight is far from over. And period poverty is still rife in the UK and globally. Plan International UK, a children’s charity, has found that 1 in 10 British girls have been unable to ...

A video clip of a schoolgirl from a previously impoverished village in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has garnered widespread attention among Chinese internet users.

In nations around the globe, improvements in girls' lives will lead to improvements in society, including an end to poverty. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Teen pregnancy, then, does not exactly cause poverty, but early single motherhood does limit poor girls’ prospects. Have a baby when you are poor, young and single and you’re probably going to ...

This is the tantalizing idea for activists concerned with poverty, with disease, with the rise of violent extremism: if you want to change the world, invest in girls. (See pictures of women in war.) ...

Poverty is a complex issue in the United States. One that is rooted in the brutal history of slavery, lynching, rape, segregation and miseducation.

But our fight is far from over. And period poverty is still rife in the UK and globally. Plan International UK, a children’s charity, has found that 1 in 10 British girls have been unable to ...

Poverty is a complex issue in the United States. One that is rooted in the brutal history of slavery, lynching, rape, segregation and miseducation.