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Thank you for your incredible support of our year-end campaign.
Your commitment to protecting girls’ rights and empowering their futures means the world to us, and to girls like Naraa.
Your commitment to protecting girls’ rights and empowering their futures means the world to us, and to girls like Naraa.
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Thank you for your incredible support of our year-end campaign.
Your commitment to protecting girls’ rights and empowering their futures means the world to us, and to girls like Naraa.
Your commitment to protecting girls’ rights and empowering their futures means the world to us, and to girls like Naraa.
“If I become the president,” they said,
“I would stop conflict.”
“I would bring water.”
“I would build hospitals.”
“I would feed the hungry.”
As leaders argue and the world trembles with war, these girls in Kenya and Afghanistan dream of mending what’s been broken.
“I would stop conflict.”
“I would bring water.”
“I would build hospitals.”
“I would feed the hungry.”
As leaders argue and the world trembles with war, these girls in Kenya and Afghanistan dream of mending what’s been broken.
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“If I become the president,” they said,
“I would stop conflict.”
“I would bring water.”
“I would build hospitals.”
“I would feed the hungry.”
As leaders argue and the world trembles with war, these girls in Kenya and Afghanistan dream of mending what’s been broken.
“I would stop conflict.”
“I would bring water.”
“I would build hospitals.”
“I would feed the hungry.”
As leaders argue and the world trembles with war, these girls in Kenya and Afghanistan dream of mending what’s been broken.
2025 marked a global retreat from girls’ rights. 2026 will reveal who is willing to stand with them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
2025 marked a global retreat from girls’ rights. 2026 will reveal who is willing to stand with them.
Eidi Gul is 27 and a mother of five. When everything was at risk, she protected her daughter.
In Afghanistan, families facing extreme poverty are often pushed toward impossible decisions. For many, a daughter becomes currency in moments of desperation. Eidi refused that path.
In Afghanistan, families facing extreme poverty are often pushed toward impossible decisions. For many, a daughter becomes currency in moments of desperation. Eidi refused that path.
December 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Eidi Gul is 27 and a mother of five. When everything was at risk, she protected her daughter.
In Afghanistan, families facing extreme poverty are often pushed toward impossible decisions. For many, a daughter becomes currency in moments of desperation. Eidi refused that path.
In Afghanistan, families facing extreme poverty are often pushed toward impossible decisions. For many, a daughter becomes currency in moments of desperation. Eidi refused that path.
At 18, Maryam’s father planned to sell her into marriage. She was furious.
“I had so many dreams,” she said. “If he had given me to marry, it would have been like being sent to hell.”
“I had so many dreams,” she said. “If he had given me to marry, it would have been like being sent to hell.”
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
At 18, Maryam’s father planned to sell her into marriage. She was furious.
“I had so many dreams,” she said. “If he had given me to marry, it would have been like being sent to hell.”
“I had so many dreams,” she said. “If he had given me to marry, it would have been like being sent to hell.”
She doesn’t learn her rights from a document.
She learns them in the instant someone tells her she is worth more than the future others set out for her — and in the moment she realizes she does not have to face that future alone.
She learns them in the instant someone tells her she is worth more than the future others set out for her — and in the moment she realizes she does not have to face that future alone.
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
She doesn’t learn her rights from a document.
She learns them in the instant someone tells her she is worth more than the future others set out for her — and in the moment she realizes she does not have to face that future alone.
She learns them in the instant someone tells her she is worth more than the future others set out for her — and in the moment she realizes she does not have to face that future alone.
We’re excited to co-present Cutting Through Rocks, a new documentary following Iranian girls and women pushing back against restrictive norms and claiming their right to self-determination.
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We’re excited to co-present Cutting Through Rocks, a new documentary following Iranian girls and women pushing back against restrictive norms and claiming their right to self-determination.
A girl checks her phone before school and finds a threat meant to scare her. Another watches a photo she never shared move through group chats. A third is deepfaked before she even knows what the word means.
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A girl checks her phone before school and finds a threat meant to scare her. Another watches a photo she never shared move through group chats. A third is deepfaked before she even knows what the word means.
A girl in rural Puerto Rico leans into her friends, finally back in a room that feels steady. Another in Kenya joins a circle where she can exhale. An Afghan girl in her secret classroom sits with friends, determined to shape a brighter future.
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A girl in rural Puerto Rico leans into her friends, finally back in a room that feels steady. Another in Kenya joins a circle where she can exhale. An Afghan girl in her secret classroom sits with friends, determined to shape a brighter future.
Yelimar, 13, and Ethshailie, 10, joined our partners at Alianza Mujeres Viequenses for the second gathering of Las Mariposas de Vieques—a new girl-led space taking shape on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Yelimar, 13, and Ethshailie, 10, joined our partners at Alianza Mujeres Viequenses for the second gathering of Las Mariposas de Vieques—a new girl-led space taking shape on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
“Her courageous contributions to human rights and women’s empowerment in Afghanistan are beyond question,” said Mr. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Her courageous contributions to human rights and women’s empowerment in Afghanistan are beyond question,” said Mr. Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.
“Every girl should be self-dependent and make their own life decisions,” says Tanzim, a student in a vocational center supported by Too Young to Wed and CULP in Rajasthan, India.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Every girl should be self-dependent and make their own life decisions,” says Tanzim, a student in a vocational center supported by Too Young to Wed and CULP in Rajasthan, India.
In Samburu, some girls still face traditions that trade childhood for survival.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In Samburu, some girls still face traditions that trade childhood for survival.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
But in a classroom, Noella makes her voice heard.
She speaks of FGM, of early and forced marriage, of how education can cut through generations of harm.
At eleven, Ntusunywa rose before dawn to herd her family’s goats across the dry plains of Samburu — a way of life her community has cherished for generations.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
At eleven, Ntusunywa rose before dawn to herd her family’s goats across the dry plains of Samburu — a way of life her community has cherished for generations.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
But as drought deepens and traditions meet a changing world, families are searching for new paths forward.
She was 14 when the knock came.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
She was 14 when the knock came.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
No warning. No time to grab her schoolbooks.
Just fear, and the end of everything she knew.
More than 140 books written by Afghan women have been banned.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
More than 140 books written by Afghan women have been banned.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
Lessons on human rights and sexual harassment — erased.
Universities stripped of their voices.
Around the world, girls are rising—and so are we.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Around the world, girls are rising—and so are we.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
Today and everyday, our TYTW team celebrates and honours every girl who dreams beyond survival. From Kenya to Afghanistan, our girls imagine futures built on courage, care, and possibility.
For twenty-three years, Rukaiya carried both her scars and her strength.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For twenty-three years, Rukaiya carried both her scars and her strength.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
Today, justice has finally caught up.
Blood stains the calendar, not by choice but by poverty.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Blood stains the calendar, not by choice but by poverty.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
Every month, two billion people menstruate—yet millions are forced to do so in silence and shame. One in four teens in the U.S. cannot afford period products.
“Our classes give girls the chance to keep learning. They also give them hope,” says Zahra, one of more than 100 teachers we are able to employ thanks to your support—teachers who risk everything to keep education alive in Afghanistan.
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“Our classes give girls the chance to keep learning. They also give them hope,” says Zahra, one of more than 100 teachers we are able to employ thanks to your support—teachers who risk everything to keep education alive in Afghanistan.
First the schools were shuttered, then the classrooms emptied. Now, with the internet cut, even the last fragile space for Afghan women and girls to learn, work, and breathe freely has gone dark.
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
First the schools were shuttered, then the classrooms emptied. Now, with the internet cut, even the last fragile space for Afghan women and girls to learn, work, and breathe freely has gone dark.
In Naamunyak, every drop of water carries the weight of a girl’s future.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
September 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In Naamunyak, every drop of water carries the weight of a girl’s future.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
When rivers run dry, mothers face impossible choices: child marriage, FGM, the loss of their daughters’ dreams.
This week is National Missing and Trafficked Foster Children Awareness Week, and too many girls are still vanishing into silence when systems fail them.
September 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This week is National Missing and Trafficked Foster Children Awareness Week, and too many girls are still vanishing into silence when systems fail them.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are incredibly proud to celebrate the Honorable Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, now serving as TYTW’s Executive Fellow for Equity and Girls’ Justice.
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we are incredibly proud to celebrate the Honorable Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, now serving as TYTW’s Executive Fellow for Equity and Girls’ Justice.
Three years ago, the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a powerful uprising against oppression that continues to burn in Iran. A young woman, only 22, arrested by the morality police and silenced in custody. Her name became flame.
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Three years ago, the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, a powerful uprising against oppression that continues to burn in Iran. A young woman, only 22, arrested by the morality police and silenced in custody. Her name became flame.