World Mar 23 Taliban cancels higher education for girls as new school year starts By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press
World Jul 04 Watch 7:07 Educated Afghan women offer economic resilience in the face of climate change and conflict Drought is drying up farms across Afghanistan, cracking the earth and threatening the only way of life the majority has ever known. It's in the fields where a new war is being waged between two forces the people can't control:… By Beth Murphy
Arts Feb 15 Watch 3:30 What it’s like to create a TV show that makes people talk Jenni Konner, one of the three showrunners of the HBO comedy "GIRLS" and collaborator to Lena Dunham, gives her Brief But Spectacular take on why it's so important to her to be creating avenues for dialogue for women and girls,… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Apr 04 Watch 7:03 Sex, social media and the pressure on teenage girls Teenagers today have never known a world without smartphones and social media. But how is this technology influencing the way they view themselves and the world? That’s the question journalist and author Nancy Jo Sales set out to answer in… By PBS NewsHour
Education Jan 28 Watch 1:50 These girls build their future every time they go to construction class High school students Channell Rogers and Sierra Buster refuse to let gender stereotypes prevent them from pursuing construction, a hobby they both enjoy and a career they both aspire to. Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the… By PBS NewsHour
Sep 12 Watch 9:16 To help delinquent girls, programs aim to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate By PBS NewsHour In America's juvenile justice system, experts say girls, who make up a larger portion of incarcerated youth than in the past, have often been victims of trauma and abuse. Now, programs in Jacksonville, Florida, aim to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate. Continue watching
Jun 15 How young is too young for a bikini? By Wendy Thomas Russell Should I let my 9-year-old daughter wear a bikini? On the one hand, I wanted to support my kid’s choice of clothing. I certainly didn’t want to make her self-conscious about her body, not when puberty was around the corner. Continue reading
Apr 06 Want more women in science and math? Pay attention to group projects, study suggests By Laura Santhanam Group projects may hold the key to getting more girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and math or fields that men otherwise dominate. Continue reading
Feb 27 Teachers unintentionally turn girls away from math and science, study finds By Laura Santhanam However unintended these biases may be, they help to shape women's career paths for years to come, said Edith Sand, an economist at the Bank of Israel and economics professor at Tel Aviv University. Continue reading
Dec 11 ‘SciGirls’ turns the camera on young citizen scientists By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Twin Cities Public Television's "SciGirls" puts girl scientists in front of the camera. While the pre-teen scientists perform experiments for the audience, the producers hope it will encourage more women to join science and engineering fields. Continue reading