Recent graduate, Storiya Iqbal, recounts her fight for education in Pakistan and how that struggle led her to a full scholarship and a biomedical degree in the United States.
19-year-old writer Charuni Nayanathara writes about why attitudes surrounding menstruation in Sri Lanka need to change.
21-year old student and activist Beatriz Silva writes about how an encounter with restrictive and misogynistic dress codes fueled her passion for gender equity research and policy work.
Afghan student Muska Ehsan writes about breaking social norms in this award-winning op-ed from Write the World’s gender equality competition.
14-year-old student Maya Zankowski writes about gender equality and her great-grandmother in this award-winning article from Write the World’s op-ed competition.
18-year-old South Korean student Heidi Nam writes about the global impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
18-year-old student Farah Mkaouar writes about the frustrating plight of Tunisian women in the 21st century.
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Afghan girls reflect on their lives since the girls’ education ban.
Angela Ghayour, a former Afghan teacher, writes about creating the Herat Online School after the Taliban’s takeover.
Kawser Amine writes about her fight to learn and play soccer.
In Assembly’s International Women’s day issue, Afghan girls and women share their experiences, hopes and calls to action.
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