Juggling work and school is often too much for the poorest women and girls in India. Mumbai’s night schools offer a lifeline for those hoping to change their futures

A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, Kate Rice discovers how vital school supplies are giving students in a warzone ‘the routine of a regular, normal day’

Sex for lunch money or just to jump the queue for water – teen pregnancy is common in Sierra Leone and death rates among pregnant girls are shockingly high. 2YoungLives is a mentoring scheme that aims to help girls survive childbirth and get back to education.

The Red Butterflies educational programme is helping girls - and boys - from rural El Salvador demystify menstruation and learn to respect their bodies

After the 2014 ISIS genocide which left them reeling from the effects of mass abduction and rape, Yazidi refugee girls are rebuilding their lives with the help of boxing, art and music classes. Emma Loffhagen and Charline Bou Mansour report from Iraqi Kurdistan

The transformative project offers girls an alternative to early marriage and the prospect of new futures beyond the mountains