But human rights groups say the United States must do more to help protect women and girls in developing countries.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

This year, special attention is being given to the harmful effects of tobacco marketing to women and girls.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

They also use the day to call attention to some of the major social, political and economic crises affecting women and girls.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

However,microfinance does show how it is possible to change the lives of women and girls around the world with just a little help.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

The WBCA was established to unite coaches at all levels of the game and to develop basketball as a sport for women and girls.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

The organization began by serving Afghan women and girls in the camps in neighboring Pakistan.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

The W.H.O.says the tobacco industry has increasingly directed its marketing campaigns at women and girls.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the world's goals for peace,security, and sustainable development are at risk until women and girls are freed from poverty and injustice.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Faith Lapidus has our story. Earlier this month, the White House Council on Women and Girls released a historic report on the condition of women in America.

VOA: special.2011.03.11

The Girl Scouts is a national organization of young women and girls.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Around fifty-six percent of people in forced labor are women and girls.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

Sexual violence against women and girls has been widespread in Africa.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

About two million women and girls worldwide have the condition.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

"We tried to use the power of cricket coaches in that instance to reach young boys and,once again, to educate them about healthy relationships and to model healthy and respectful behavior toward women and girls."

VOA: special.2010.07.15

(OMITTED) In addition to attending conferences and workshops, Kabeer Faye teaches Arabic and Islamic studies to women and girls in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Danziger says stories about human trafficking usually focus on women and girls used for sexual exploitation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Up to $500,000 each will go to two applicants who can offer pioneering solutions to empower the world's women and girls - politically,economically and socially.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The State Department says programs that include men and boys also are eligible for the awards program, because educating men can be an important part of empowering women and girls.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Supporters of the code, more than a decade in the making, praised it as enhancing the rights of women and girls, who they say have been traditionally viewed as second-class citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

"We hope to receive entries that describe how specific innovations have improved the lives of women and girls,and proposals for how they can be scaled up and applied more broadly."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

On an Africa trip last month, Clinton met with women and girls raped and otherwise abused by soldiers and irregular forces in the conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,the DRC.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

She told U.N.delegates and women activists here that the harrowing testimony she heard only underscored for her the point that societies cannot reach their full potential if half the population, women and girls, are oppressed and subjugated.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

But an organization based in California is working with coaches to help influence boys to show more respect toward girls and women.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

A.J.Glasser at GamePro Media says the video game industry recognizes that many gamers today are girls and women.

VOA: special.2011.02.23

In the future, project organizers want to have international donors buy the kits for girls and young women who cannot afford them.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

The goal was to bring the economic power of girls and women, and the importance of women's issues, to the attention of G-20 leaders.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Why is it so important for girls and women to be involved in science?

VOA: special.2010.04.01

also suggested ways to interest more girls and women in the STEM fields.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

MacArthur said education would be for everyone, including girls and women.

VOA: special.2009.05.24