19-year-old author Raathi Chota shares her advice for growing your readership and publishing your story.


Learn from the next generation of leaders in their own words.
21-year-old student Sofía Samaniego writes about her country’s political upheaval and police violence during peaceful protests.
18-year-old Aladeselu Margaret Ayomikun writes about the challenges university students face.
Artist Maliha Abidi shares how she’s breaking down stigmas around mental health in this illustration series.
How the legacy of the Armenian genocide has affected me.
Italian student Chiara Longo writes about testing positive for COVID-19 and what she learned from contracting the virus.
Assembly readers from 20 countries share their ideas on how governments can better support girls.
Student Trina Mitra explains how to hold people accountable in a way that promotes real change.
Student poet Fatimata Cham shares her poem about the perception of criminals and how the U.S. justice system treats Black people.
In Assembly’s “Around the world” series, girls sound off on the topics that matter to them.
A step-by-step guide to beginning to read for pleasure.
18-year-old student Helena Branco writes about her efforts to end period poverty in Brazil.
Student Susan Atiomo shares how you can help keep a spotlight on the fight to end police brutality in Nigeria.
Reflecting on my own experiences of discrimination — and how to eliminate discrimination in our country’s classrooms.
From violence on the way to school to electricity blackouts, four young women discuss trying to learn during economic and political upheaval.
Indian students discuss stigmas around mental health — and how one organisation is working to eliminate them.
This issue of Assembly is dedicated to all the young women on the front lines of the climate movement.