KABUL, Afghanistan — A group of teenage girls is taking up fisticuffs to challenge Af-ghanistan's gender barriers. "Move, move, move," coach Saber Sharifi shouted as the 20-odd girls sparred recently.

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories — In a makeshift boxing ring etched into the sand between the tens of displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, a dozen young girls warmed up before delivering ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Jennifer "Jiffy" Morales has a message for young girls and women: "We fight harder, we learn quicker, and we're tougher," says Morales. And, she's proof. Dubbed "The Princess of ...

Helping one of his young fighters into a boxing glove one afternoon, Coach Johnny Callas stopped to swoon over her square-tipped, acrylic nails. Painted pale mint and lavender, they’re shorter than ...

When Nathifa Wadie Qasim was a young girl back in Sinjar, in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate, her school had a punching bag that was used by male students for boxing practice. Nathifa punched it almost ...