Many people in the town of Milledgeville thought she was different from other girls.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

Last month, he proposed banning sales of Barbie and other dolls that influence girls to put too much importance on physical beauty.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Gloria Steinem and other foundation leaders pointed to studies showing that self-image suffers as girls become teenagers.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

to severe asthma. The other boys and girls had milder forms of the breathing disorder.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

"Children,many of them are used as suicide bombers as well as fighters, on the one hand, that girls schools are attacked on the other.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"These crimes know no borders. In Iran, children are forced into sexual slavery, involuntary servitude, while Iranian girls are trafficked into Pakistan and numerous other countries.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

(SPEAKING) Nujood,who regularly appears at anti-child marriage rallies, says when she grows up, she wants to be a lawyer to help other little girls escape her fate.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

"As I've been going around the country talking about the book, I've been meeting young women who have approached me, other immigrant girls,who say, 'You know,we're still struggling with those same issues today."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22