Girls who are not in school and work on Sierra ... This is her first story for National Geographic.

The group runs retreats to raise awareness and honor girls as wisdom keepers of the sacred feminine. This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Alexandra lives ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... we're not only talking about gender roles for boys and girls—we're talking about our evolving understanding ...

Every day, all over the world—from Kenya to the US—millions of girls miss school because they lack the information and resources they need to navigate something totally natural, yet very ...

To get kids’ perspectives, National Geographic fanned out into 80 homes ... in a river that her grandmother insists is too cold for girls. Because she’s not a boy, Luandra Montovani isn ...

6 min read This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... There were always whispers and rumors about girls who got pregnant and had to get married.

“Parents now see that their girls have another future—to have different lives than them, to have good jobs, and a way out of poverty,’’ says Ntaiya, a 2010 National Geographic emerging explore ...

The franchise was part of a highly lucrative pivot towards marketing pink and sparkles to girls. Photograph by Dan Forbes This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Girls sit for hours on flower altars in this ... This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. What makes a tradition—and why do people keep traditions alive?

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... to be a girl or boy,” Fought says—suggesting to girls that “their value is based on their appearance.” ...