17-year-old Canadian student Michelle Kutny reflects on her Ukrainian heritage and calls on the international community to help those affected by the war.
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.
The children’s rights activist writes at the invitation of Malala Yousafzai.
In Assembly’s International Women’s day issue, Afghan girls and women share their experiences, hopes and calls to action.
18-year-old Mae Peralta writes about how the pandemic has exacerbated the challenges girls in her country face in going to school.
As Chinatowns around the world reel from racial and economic injustice, young women are organising to save these iconic neighbourhoods.
The 14-year-old writes about balancing schoolwork with swimming as she trains for the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
18-year-old racial and reproductive justice activist Mikayla Tillery writes about the Black maternal mortality crisis in the U.S. and how to address it.
“I feel drawn to share the message with girls that they are strong enough to overcome things,” says the 21-year-old Māori artist.
Cailane writes about her disappointment in her president’s leadership, inequalities in Brazil’s education system and spending her birthday in quarantine.
For years I’ve been working to make it easier for the next generation of Black students in Chicago to study STEM — but I can’t solve this problem alone.