What The Saga of the Afghanistan Girls Robotics Team Can Teach Us About Girls Education Worldwide Coby Jones July 19, 2017 16 years ago, a girls’ robotics team from Afghanistan could not even exist. During the brutal rule of the Taliban, Afghan girls were not allowed formal education. At all. Yesterday, a team of Afghan girls wh...
Every day 41,000 girls are married under the age of 18. A new World Bank report shows the economic impact of this problem Coby Jones July 12, 2017 Can you imagine what it would be like to be married at the age of 15? Married before you have finished high school, before you’re allowed to drive a car, drink, or vote? Every day, for 41,000 girls around the w...
A new UN report just calculated the percentage of women who can’t find work because of sexism Coby Jones June 21, 2017 Do women participate in the workforce at the same rate as men? No, they don’t. Globally, the workforce participation rate for women is 49.4 percent, which is 26.7 percentage points below the global participa...
Why Do Men Harass Women on the Street? A New UN Study Offers An Explanation Coby Jones June 7, 2017 Why do men harass women on the street? How prevalent is catcalling, ogling and stalking? And what do women think of this harassment? A first-of-its kind multi-country survey on attitudes of men and women on ...
