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Sangeetha*, 19, lives with her widowed father, sister and grandparents in a remote village in India’s Telangana state. Plan International observed that poverty, limited opportunities, and perceptions of protecting traditions and family honour – all continue to fuel the practice of child marriage among local communities.

'The Arc of History Is Bending Back.' New Study Shows How Girls Around the World View Female Leaders

A new report published Tuesday reveals that 9 out of 10 girls around the wo...

A new report published Tuesday reveals that 9 out of 10 girls around the world believe that female leaders suffer widespread discrimination and sexual harassment. Produced by child rights organization Plan International in partnership with...

Too Often, Working Mothers Do Far More of the Childcare Than Their Husbands. Here’s How to Fix That

One part of the solution: Don't put the conversation off

Female TIME magazine staffers at work in 1933

The Inextricable Role of Gender in the History of Fact-Checking

"TIME Inc.'s researchers are conspicuous because they are women," noted one...

"TIME Inc.'s researchers are conspicuous because they are women," noted one 1944 pamphlet for employees

British writer and explorer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762). Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1720.

How One Daring Woman Introduced the Idea of Smallpox Inoculation to England

"The small-pox, so fatal, and so general amongst us, is here entirely harml...

"The small-pox, so fatal, and so general amongst us, is here entirely harmless," Mary Montagu wrote from Istanbul in 1717.

Marble statue of Livia, wife of emperor Octavian Augustus, from the 1st century AD.

Women in Ancient Rome Didn’t Have Equal Rights. They Still Changed History

The story of Rome is incomplete without them

A group of Yeomanettes at an inspection in 1919

Not Every Woman Who Served With the U.S. Military During World War I Got the Same Treatment. Here’s Why

Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels decided to take advantage of a looph...

Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels decided to take advantage of a loophole in the Naval Act of 1916, which did not specify that only men could enlist

The Nefertiti Bust, ca 1350 BC. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Women Achieved Enormous Power in Ancient Egypt. What They Did With It Is a Warning for Today

"Ancient Egypt allowed more females into power in the ancient world than an...

"Ancient Egypt allowed more females into power in the ancient world than any other place on earth. Was that society somehow more progressive than we might expect? The answer is a quick and deflating no."

'The Arc of History Is Bending Back.' New Study Shows How Girls Around the World View Female Leaders

Too Often, Working Mothers Do Far More of the Childcare Than Their Husbands. Here’s How to Fix That

The Inextricable Role of Gender in the History of Fact-Checking

How One Daring Woman Introduced the Idea of Smallpox Inoculation to England

Women in Ancient Rome Didn’t Have Equal Rights. They Still Changed History

Not Every Woman Who Served With the U.S. Military During World War I Got the Same Treatment. Here’s Why

Women Achieved Enormous Power in Ancient Egypt. What They Did With It Is a Warning for Today

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