The Autistic Girls Network and Wuka have found that many girls are missing school and turning to the pill for period help.

In parks and playgrounds around the world, youth run, swing and laugh. Younger children play freely, and teen boys dominate fields and courts. But where are the adolescent girls? Play is a powerful ...

The UN Human Rights Office report paints a stark picture. Each year, dozens of girls from Hindu and Christian families are ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. If you've taken a quick glance at social media over the last few weeks, you'll likely have spotted two things. The first, ...

Despite years of programs to get girls to code and to pair female scientists with mentors, men outnumber women two-to-one in STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—jobs. The gender gaps are ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month, which brings awareness to neurodiversity, encourages support for autistic individuals, and highlights disparities in access to care, support, and resources.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Americans were given a stark warning by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ...

In 1985, a group of anonymous women artists came together under the moniker the Guerrilla Girls, taking the art world to task for its abominable representation—or rather, the lack thereof—of women ...

For years, the sporting world has looked at the high dropout rates of young girls in football through a narrow lens. But ...

White disadvantaged girls are being overlooked, school leaders are warning. Whilst white working-class boys remain one of the ...

Menstrual poverty in Uganda forces thousands of girls to miss school each month. Explore how lack of sanitary products ...

The Dream of Every Girl Every girl dreams of finding someone who loves her more than she loves herself. In their future ...