Lori Briley Fairchild’s novel empowers girls to break barriers and pursue their dreams in traditionally male-dominated ...

The student-led Girls' Empowerment Movement hosts a leadership conference each year for middle school girls, teaching them ...

Future Female Society founder Kim Trotter used her experience of being a single mother at 19 A community group which aims to ...

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government, in collaboration with the K-P Commission on the Status of Women and UN Women Pakistan, on ...

A brief history of the word “empowerment” reveals that it dates at least to the 17th century. But despite its lengthy lineage, it rose to prominence surprisingly recently—in the 1980s—when ...

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - At Liberty Heights Park outside of Horace Mann Elementary School in West Allis, this group of fearless girls are members of Girls on the Run. "We are an empowerment program for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The family of the late president of a Collier County organization that serves at-risk girls between 12 and 18 will receive an ...

The March 15 event supports the Live Your Dream Award program, providing scholarships to female heads of households.

When Shatina Edwards was growing up, she was bullied. Seeing the lifelong effect it had on her mental health and self-esteem, she set out to tackle the problem head on by mentoring young girls for a ...

The region of East Africa comprises countries such as Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Mauritius, Djibouti, Réunion, Mayotte, Seychelles, South Sudan, and Madagascar. Women’s issues remain a serious concern ...

Activating women is a more powerful gesture than just empowering them. Providing opportunities and exposure is more helpful than a motivational speech. The discourse surrounding women’s empowerment ...

Bangladesh has outperformed much of South Asia in women’s education and workforce participation, yet their presence in politics and corporate leadership remains strikingly low. The real test now is wh ...