The Iraqi government is moving to amend the marriage law that allows men to marry young children as the government has reduced the age of consent from eighteen years to nine years. The proposed amendment to Iraq's "personal status law"…
In Nigeria's largest city, Ibadan, lives a 13-year-old girl. Her name is Adebisi. At 13, Adebisi, who is supposed to be in junior secondary school preparing for her junior certification exams, wakes up at 5 a.m. daily to hawk food…
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges we face today. While discussions about its impacts are common, the effects on the rights and lives of women and girls, particularly Nigerian women and girls, are often overlooked. As…