The success of Girls proved something we knew already: the lives of females are intrinsically and boundlessly interesting.

I’ve been surprised how different it is to raise a girl than a boy.

The biggest struggle with raising girls is the biggest struggle with raising all children—the need to first grow ourselves into the people we want to be rather than expecting our children to fulfill that role.

It was in that moment that I realized where many of us are failing our daughters if we are truly trying to raise strong, confident girls.

Life in Nepal is especially hard for girls, who continue to lag far behind boys in educational opportunities.

The problem is that children most often do not immediately disclose sexual abuse, and given the damage this type of behavior can do to a child, a misdemeanor simply isn’t adequate accountability.  

This story starts with a desire to fall in love with my job again. You see teaching middle school during the age of standardized testing really takes the wind out …

Currently, there are more girls enrolled in school in Afghanistan than ever before, but much work still needs to be done as less than 30% of the female population is literate and a range of barriers often keeps Afghanistan’s girls from achieving opportunity and potential.

At such a young age, the gender ambition gap was to me as clear as day.

Why aren’t men or boys told to smile?