Nearly five years on from the school ban, young women say they have waved goodbye to their dreams.

Sadaf, age 18, joined the inaugural round of the Stealth Sisters program in July 2022, only months after the Taliban closed schools for girls in Afghanistan. Joining the program was an act of ...

A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan has refused to answer a BBC question on when or whether girls and women will be ...

Deprived of education for more than 600 days, Afghan girls seek refuge in online education even though access is scarce and difficult. On May 13, Afghan girls marked 600 days shut out of school. For ...

Every week, Vogue will be spotlighting the medical workers, teachers, and Good Samaritans who are giving back to those in need during the coronavirus crisis. Mackenzie Davis, an ambassador for One ...

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan six months ago, the educational dreams of millions of girls have been dashed. In late March, the group reneged on its promise to allow Afghan girls to ...

Malala Yousafzai visits Dabab, Kenya on her birthday in 2016. Since 2013, the Malala Fund has distributed $65 million through more than 400 grants across 27 countries. Now, as gender equality and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim McClimon writes about philanthropy and corporate responsibility. March 8 is International Women’s Day, a century-old, global ...

Forty high-performing schoolgirls from underprivileged communities in Ghana will receive annual scholarships under the newly launched Educating Linda programme, a joint initiative of Merck Foundation, ...