This summer, the European Council adopted a set of indicators to monitor the advancement of girls’ rights to access education and sexual and reproductive health care, and to ensure the eradication of child sexual exploitation.
We know what works to increase age of marriage in communities where child marriage is common. So why are so few Republicans backing legislation to support those development programs?
Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen’s popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! This week, Heather talks to a young woman who doesn’t like being a girl.
In India, there are laws to prevent dowry, domestic violence, sexual harassment and child marriage. But in the country’s social context, these laws aren’t very effective.
The very act of gaining knowledge can give girls a huge boost in self-esteem. But in order to enable them to gain knowledge, we first have to trust them. “In Treatment”‘s character Sophie is one of television’s few complex teenage girls.
