By Alishba Junejo, Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Pakistan In my home in Pakistan, I watched the women who worked as domestic help spend long hours cleaning, cooking, and caring for families. They were oftentimes the main earners in their households, but when payday arrived, almost none of the money stayed with them. Their husbands collected their salaries, deciding how to spend them: on their expenses, on relatives, or on virtually anything but the women who had earned them

This year has brought unprecedented cuts to foreign aid, rolling back hard-won progress. The headlines capture the numbers, billions lost...

By Habu Efonya, Girl Rising Student Ambassador from Nigeria A silence heavier than words enveloped me. As I watched the ladies laugh and...

By Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Zainab Bie, India & She's The First Chapter Leader, Lara Almeida Zainab: Hi Lara, I’m so glad to...

By Girl Rising Student Ambassador Zainab Bie This summer, Girl Rising Student Ambassador Zainab Bie attended several major climate...

By Zainab Bie, Girl Rising Student Ambassador Part Two: If the World Was Listening, What Would You Say? “If you had the mic and the whole...

By: Zainab Bie, Girl Rising Student Ambassador & Climate Advocate, India Hii, I’m Zainab Bie. I work in the policy and communications...

By Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Habu Efonya This morning, I woke to silence, no birds chirping, perhaps from restless thoughts....

By Akshinta Das, Girl Rising Student Ambassador India Aarti stood by the red light after finishing her job. She was tired, abused, and...

By Reeta Kumari, Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Pakistan In Pakistan, the aspiration to become a doctor is frequently transformed from a...

By Reeta Kumari, Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Pakistan Around the world right now, we’re watching hard-won rights for women and girls...

By Faith Habu, Girl Rising Student Ambassador Gender-based violence is far too common - and often, far too easily dismissed.  I’ve been...

by Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Ariadna Beneveti Courtesy of Ariadna Benevetti In January of this year, the Chilean Ministry of...

Violeta Ovalle, Girl Rising Student Ambassador from Chile When you enter a fire, you can see very little. All your senses are on high...

by Ariadna Beneventi Pacheco, Girl Rising Student Ambassador One in three girls worldwide experience some form of digital violence...

by Girl Rising Student Ambassador, Efonya Faith Habu As I sit to write this, my heart is heavy with the thought of the countless girls...

Packing for Change: Carrying Courage to NYC Climate Week As I zipped up my suitcase in preparation for Climate Week NYC 2024 , I wasn’t...

Student Ambassador Haniya Wasim , Pakistan, is the founder of Leading Lady Empire, a nonprofit that works to increase access to...

By Student Ambassador Charlotte Jacobus Student Ambassador Charlotte Jacobus, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at Tufts...

by Ariadna Beneventi, founder of nonprofit Intransigentes and Girl Rising Student Ambassador Throughout my entire short life of nineteen...