Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars on girls and women.

In the Russian foreign minister's assessment, all this "requires both great attention and significant resources" ...

A mercy trip by a senior United Nations Development Program staffer in West Africa to rush her cat to a vet about 185 miles ...

"As a refugee girl, the odds had often seemed stacked against me, and the thought of pursuing higher education felt like an unattainable dream... The vision of graduation, of wearing that cap and gown ...