The fatal blaze rocked Guatemala and highlighted widespread abuse in the government’s shelter system. A Guatemalan court has convicted six people in connection with the deaths of 41 girls at a state-funded youth shelter in 2017. On Tuesday, Judge Ingrid Cifuentes gave the former officials, who had all pleaded not guilty, sentences of between six…
Over the past two years, what began as a single idea has grown into a vibrant network of community hubs and digital communities spanning Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and soon beyond. Guided by the conviction that every teenage girl deserves a safe space to learn, lead and raise her voice,…
Kampala — UN Women, in partnership with the Government of Uganda and the African Union Commission, has launched the third phase of the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) at Mountains of the Moon University in the Mid- Western Region of Uganda. The week-long coding camp, ran from June 16 to 25, exposed girls aged…
Gary O’Donoghue Chief North America correspondent Reporting fromKerr County, Texas REUTERS/Sergio Flores Stuffed animals sit in a windowsill at Camp Mystic after a deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas. Camp Mystic, a Christian girls’ camp perched on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, was a place of laughter, prayer and adventure just days…
