Girl Summit The latest news and comment from the Girl Summit in London, which focuses on ending child marriage and female genital mutilation
Girls put ‘at risk’ as cash to help end FGM in Britain is reduced by 84% With statistics hinting at a government U-turn, charities fear thousands more will be affected
End of term report card: the coalition government and global development The development sector reviews the highs and lows of the last five years of coalition Conservative and Liberal Democrat government in the UK
Views and reviews
Letters: what is participation if it doesn't put communities centre stage?
What kind of men support FGM? An illustrated guide
Small Changes
Are boys better than girls? – podcast transcript Girls share their thoughts on what holds them back, their dreams for the future, and what they think about boys
End FGM campaign
FGM: two young women who woke up world and forced politicians to act Fahma Mohamed in UK and Jaha Dukureh in US have led global debate on female genital mutilation and movement to end it
Small Changes
Are boys better than girls? – podcast Girls share their thoughts on what holds them back, their dreams for the future, and what they think about boys
Women's rights and gender equality
Patriarchy allows child marriage and female genital mutilation to flourish Ghadeer Malek, Rachel Arinii and Nelly Bassily: Young feminists must help steer the fight against wider issues harming girls including poverty, marginalisation and exclusion
What do 13-year-old girls aspire to? – interactive What do 13-year-old girls aspire to? What holds them back? Do boys have an easier time than girls? We asked girls from around the globe to reveal the world they want to see
Women's rights and gender equality
We cannot give a woman a cow and expect her to change the world
Voices from the south
FGM in Kenya: 'to end this culture we have to make everyone accountable' - video
End FGM campaign
Doctors, social workers and teachers to be legally obliged to report FGM
Women's rights and gender equality
Somalia, Guinea, Djibouti, Egypt and Sierra Leone have highest FGM rates
Datablog
How prevalent is forced marriage in the UK?
Poverty matters blog
As long as it exists, child marriage will stand in the way of gender equality
Women's rights and gender equality
Child marriage: one in three brides under 18 wed before 15th birthday
Poverty matters blog
Priyanka Chopra: when girls are empowered, we all do better Priyanka Chopra
Parents who allow female genital mutilation will be prosecuted
Ethiopia's child brides see marriage as key to jobs abroad, says thinktank On eve of Girl Summit, ODI reveals trend of girls entering early marriages followed by swift divorces to migrate for family's sake
Guardian development network
Child brides: crackdown on marriages to appease gods and settle debts International Girl Summit kicks off in London next week with ambitious aim of ending child marriage within a generation
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