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Three ways that Room to Read supports climate justice

August 11, 2023

Meet Nikini, Room to Read student and runner making history for her school

August 08, 2023

Meet Hannah Lau-Walker, director of She Creates Change: Trang from Nexus Studios

July 28, 2023

Persevering in the face of adversity: Meet Trang from She Creates Change

July 25, 2023

Education for all: updates from Room to Read’s programs around the world

July 18, 2023

Meet Claudia Chinyere Akole, co-director of She Creates Change: Naifat from Nexus Studios

June 28, 2023

Unlocking talent: Meet Naifat from She Creates Change

June 22, 2023

Meet Neeraja Raj, director of She Creates Change: Diksha from Nexus Studios

June 20, 2023

Improving gender equality by reshaping boys’ gender attitudes: Room to Read’s learnings from Cambodia

Dhiraj Anand | May 30, 2023

Breaking barriers, inspiring change: Meet Diksha from She Creates Change

May 18, 2023

Meet Prashanti Aswani, director of She Creates Change: Yashika from Nexus Studios

May 15, 2023

Fostering literacy and gender equality across the globe: updates from Room to Read’s programs

April 26, 2023

From self-defense to self-confidence: Meet Yashika from She Creates Change

April 18, 2023

Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program: Leading with Life Skills

March 27, 2023

Room to Read presents She Creates Change

March 06, 2023

Five ways to be a great mentor

March 01, 2023

Meet Room to Read's new global director of girls’ education and gender equality!

February 06, 2023

UNESCO laureate Room to Read Cambodia helps girls stay in school

January 18, 2023

Facing challenges with life skills: Meet Theannou from Room to Read Cambodia

January 17, 2023

Creating a world of lifelong learners: Room to Read updates from across the globe

December 30, 2022

Persevering with life skills: Meet Naduni from Sri Lanka

December 09, 2022

Building a network of support: Meet Sinit from Room to Read Cambodia  

November 28, 2022

Climate activism meets entrepreneurship: Meet Nuru from Room to Read Tanzania  

November 18, 2022

Room to Read benefiting girls in Southern Italy

November 08, 2022

Meet Room to Read's new director of research, monitoring and reporting for our Girls' Education Program!

November 07, 2022

Room to Read Cambodia Recognized as Laureate of 2022 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education

October 11, 2022

Updates from Room to Read's teams across the globe

October 06, 2022

Life skills lessons help Chathurika remain focused on her education during ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka

August 08, 2022

Inspiring stories have helped Naduni persevere through Sri Lanka crisis

July 18, 2022

Around the world with Room to Read in eight updates

July 06, 2022

Meet Maneesha from Room to Read Sri Lanka

June 24, 2022

Meet Chamodi from Room to Read Sri Lanka

June 17, 2022

Building financial security: Meet Sifa from Room to Read Tanzania

April 06, 2022

Advancing life skills measurement: the ALSA for Girls Synthesis Report and How-To Guide

March 31, 2022

Around the world in nine updates

March 30, 2022

Meet Nishita from Bangladesh

January 27, 2022

2021 Girls’ Education Program Report

January 20, 2022

Why It’s Time for Education to Invest in Both Gender Equality and Climate Justice

Christina Kwauk & Natalie Wyss | October 26, 2021

Improving the Lives of Marginalized Youth: Key Takeaways from FHI360’s ‘Fostering Systemic Change for Adolescent Girls’ Education’ Event

October 25, 2021

Life Skills We Wish We Learned in School

October 08, 2021

Meet Roshni from India

October 04, 2021

Meet Phimya from Laos

October 01, 2021

Updates from Room to Read's Programs Around the World

July 12, 2021

Meet Akhi from Bangladesh: Supported by Comic Relief US — Red Nose Day

May 24, 2021

How Room to Read is Celebrating Earth Day

April 13, 2021

At a Pivot Point: Will COVID-19 Push Gender Equality Forward or Back?

March 31, 2021

Stories of Change from Girls' Education Program Participants in India

March 29, 2021

Growing Up in Different Ways: Reflections from Girls’ Education Program Alumnae in Vietnam

March 15, 2021

Meet Neema, a Social Mobilizer from Tanzania

March 09, 2021

Meet Kabita from Nepal: Leading by Example

March 03, 2021

Reimagining girls’ education during COVID-19: Lessons from adapting programs and measures

January 07, 2021

Meet Nimeshika from Sri Lanka

November 02, 2020

Meet Siti from Tanzania

October 22, 2020

How Mahesha supported her family during lockdown using financial education

October 20, 2020

How Room to Read and MetLife Foundation Support Girls' Education Across Asia

August 28, 2020

Euronews Interview: Laurie McMahon Discusses Girls' Education Risk Indicator

July 13, 2020

‘Some girls have already married early’: Young women at risk of never going back to school in Africa and Asia amid coronavirus crisis

July 10, 2020

Comic Relief supporting Room to Read in Bangladesh

May 18, 2020

Education Endures: How Room to Read is Benefiting Children During the COVID-19 Crisis

May 12, 2020

Creators for Change on Girls' Education

March 17, 2020

How Life Skills Help This Girls' Education Grad in Daily Life

March 01, 2020

Inside Michelle Obama & Julia Roberts' Emotional Day with Vietnamese Schoolgirls: 'I Will Never Recover'

December 09, 2019

What Happens When Girls Learn How to Save

4 minute read | December 05, 2019

Meet Yashodha from Sri Lanka

November 11, 2019

Meet Kalpana from India

November 01, 2019

Campaign to bridge gender gap with literacy & life skills

October 27, 2019

Inside the Life Skills Evaluation

October 05, 2019

Meet Hawa: Girls' Education Program Graduate & Aspiring Policymaker

October 01, 2019

Meet Sony from Siem Reap

October 01, 2019

Feminist Father in India Lights the Way for Gender Equality

June 16, 2019

These 3 Nepali Fathers Want More Gender-Equal Communities

Shriluna Shrestha, Communications Officer, Nepal | June 14, 2019

The First in Her Family to Go to School, Mereena is Changing Her Family's Trajectory

June 01, 2019

Inside Sri Lanka: Mothers Who Migrate

Umeshi Rajeendra, Room to Read Sri Lanka | May 03, 2019

Meet Thuy: An Inspiration to Her Community in Vietnam

April 10, 2019

A woman’s place in a digital world

February 28, 2019

Meet Dzung: a Program Graduate Turned Successful Vietnamese Businesswoman

February 01, 2019

5 Ways Room to Read is Improving the State of Education in Sri Lanka

Umeshi Rajeendra, Room to Read Sri Lanka | November 01, 2018

Why More Girls Need To Negotiate And The Role We Play As Leaders

Dr. Geetha Murali | October 22, 2018

Why More Girls Need To Negotiate And The Role We Play As Leaders

Geetha Murali | October 22, 2018

No one had ever told Phimya she was equal to others – until now

4 minute read | August 31, 2018

Spotlight on Life Skills: When Menstruation is Taboo

July 23, 2018

Meet Neema: a Social Mobilizer in Tanzania

Neema Victor, social mobilizer | June 14, 2018

3 Ways Girls' Mentors Become Second Family

3 MINUTE READ | April 28, 2018

Going Beyond Books

April 23, 2018

A Glimpse into the History of Room to Read's Girls' Education Program

March 23, 2018

Michelle Obama Talks To A Girl From Nepal About Why Education Is Vital

March 08, 2018

A new boys’ club, where girls are welcome

March 07, 2018

Five ways Room to Read teaches girls to protect their bodies and themselves

March 01, 2018

Meet the Team: Ruksana Sultana, Girls’ Education Program Manager of Bangladesh

December 05, 2017

Using Life Skills to Break Tradition of Bonded Labor

Shriluna Shrestha | November 22, 2017

How Saluom Became an Inspiration to her Village

November 14, 2017

Room to Read Celebrates Programmatic Milestones: 20,000 Communities Impacted Through Literacy Program and 50,000 Girls Supported Through Girls’ Education Program

November 01, 2017

Measuring Life Skills in Cambodia

October 12, 2017

Hungry for Change, Devina Rose to New Heights

October 10, 2017

Opening Minds and Doors: Creating the Next Generation of Female Role Models

Lucina Di Meco, Director, Girls’ Education Program, Room to Read | October 10, 2017

Life Kept Knocking Her Down, but this Twelfth Grader Refused to Give Up

September 07, 2017

A Day in the Life of a Social Mobilizer

August 13, 2017

Rajasthan Girl Garners the Power to Negotiate for a New Life

June 27, 2017

Literacy Reroutes Family's Chain of Child Labor

May 13, 2017

Room to Read's Star-Studded NY Gala Raises $2.8 million for Programs in India

May 12, 2017

Vietnam Mother Shakes Doubt for Daughters Dreams

Ngan Bui | May 11, 2017

A Supermom of Sri Lanka: In Her Own Words

Reported by Umeshi Rajeendra | May 05, 2017

The Youngest Child, the First to Graduate

Ngan Bui | April 19, 2017

TATCHA + Room to Read — A Beautiful Partnership to Educate Girls Globally

April 14, 2017

Meet the Team: Lucina Di-Meco, New Director of Girls' Education Programs

March 29, 2017

How Beauty Brand Tatcha Became a Philanthropic Success Story

March 29, 2017

Life Skills Give Girls Real World Tools for Success

March 28, 2017

Room to Read India Recognized with Two Media Awards for Children’s Rights and Gender Sensitivity

March 23, 2017

TATCHA Reaches 1 million days of education with Room to Read

March 16, 2017

Vietnam Summer Camp Readies Girls for Next Stage in Life

Ngan Bui | March 06, 2017

Thirumagal Beat the Odds to #BeBoldForChange

February 27, 2017

Student Success: Looking Beyond Tertiary School

Umeshi Rajeendra | February 21, 2017

A Courageous Student in Delhi Inspires Social Change

February 14, 2017

National Girl Child Day puts focus on kids living on the edge

January 25, 2017

Room to Read Creates an Innovative Tool to Measure Girls’ Life Skills

December 14, 2016

How Roshanara Changed Her Story

December 12, 2016

Proud Father Invests in his Daughter’s Dreams

December 05, 2016

Sri Lankan Girl Forges New Path into Top University

December 01, 2016

Together we can #ChangeTheirStory

November 29, 2016

The Nonprofit Using Scavenger Hunts to Research Girls' Education

November 21, 2016

Vietnam’s Girls’ Education Class of 2014: Where Are They Now?

November 03, 2016

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Life Skills Education

November 03, 2016

Multiyear Strategizing at This Year’s Country Management Conference

October 18, 2016

An Early Warning System in Tanzania Helps Girls Succeed

October 10, 2016

A Former Dropout Empowers Tanzanian Girls to Stay in School

May 27, 2016

How Her Mother Inspired Nirupa to Beat the Odds

May 08, 2016

A Year After the Nepal Earthquake, a Survivor Finds Strength at School

April 22, 2016

What Happens When You Take Girls’ Education in Laos Beyond the Classroom?

January 27, 2016

John Wood: My Three-Phrase Philosophy for Changing the World Through Education

November 13, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I See a Future for the Girls in My Community

November 12, 2015

#ThankstoEducation We Can Help Our Children Reach Their Dreams

November 09, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Can Teach Girls the Skills They Need to Make Key Life Decisions

November 06, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Can Change My Family’s Destiny for the Better

November 04, 2015

How Two Girls from Sri Lanka’s Plantation Slums Went From Dropping Out of School to Passing on Their Love of Learning

November 04, 2015

International Day of the Girl: Meet Shabnam Whose Courage Has Inspired Hundreds of Girls in Her Community to Get an Education

October 09, 2015

Helping Some of the Most Vulnerable Girls in Bangladesh Do the Impossible

October 01, 2015

How These Two Cambodian Schoolgirls Became Inspiring Role Models for Other Girls — and Kept Them From Dropping Out

July 30, 2015

She Didn’t Know It Was Her Wedding Day

May 07, 2015

A “Life-Defining” Exam

April 16, 2015

First Lady Of The United States Michelle Obama And First Lady Of Cambodia Bun Rany Meet With Students From Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program

March 23, 2015

The villagers tell her she’s aiming too high, but First Lady Michelle Obama tells her: “Ignore them.”

March 22, 2015

Michelle Obama visits Cambodia for 'Let Girls Learn' Asia trip

March 21, 2015

Now This Girl Knows How to Handle a Street-Harasser

February 24, 2015

After Devastating Flood in Nepal, Room to Read Team Bands Together to Bring Relief

January 28, 2015

Taking Children Seriously: The World's Children's Prize

January 28, 2015

The Right to Choose, Davos 2015 The New Global Context

Eric Ganju | January 22, 2015

“The Little One” Finds Her Voice

January 19, 2015

They Called Her a “Night Girl,” But She Refused To Drop Out

Shelly Dee | December 30, 2014

She was pressured to marry at age 14, but Shwapna wanted a different future

December 09, 2014

VIDEO: The story of a girl worth celebrating on this International Day of the Girl

October 10, 2014

More Than Good Advice

September 18, 2014

Why Data Matters for These Children Learning to Read

August 04, 2014

Whatever Comes At Her, She's Not Afraid Anymore

July 14, 2014

Graduate of the Year

May 25, 2014

New York Times' Nick Kristof Visits Phung in Vietnam

May 23, 2014

She snuck out to take exams after her parents burned her books…twice.

May 06, 2014

Show and Tell: Boys and Girls Celebrate Women in Laos

March 20, 2014

A New Script for Women: Education Over Adversity

March 06, 2014

International Women’s Day: Dreaming of Olympic Gold in Nepal

March 04, 2014

Reconnecting with "Nurse Prem" in Nepal

December 16, 2013

Guest Blog: Atlassian Foundation Sees Their Investments at Work in Cambodia

December 11, 2013

A "Shining Moonlight" For Girls Everywhere

November 25, 2013

Working with Parents to Support Girls’ Education in Tanzania

October 29, 2013

Show and Tell: Innovating for Girls’ Education

October 14, 2013

Working with Parents to Support Girls’ Education in Tanzania

October 07, 2013

In Laos, Life Skills Training and Parental Support Help Sisters find Strength

August 12, 2013

In Honor of Malala Day: The Power of Perseverance

July 12, 2013

Guest Blog by Author Manjushree Thapa: Meeting Some of Nepal's Extraordinary Girls

June 21, 2013

Tune in: Suma’s Story Comes to CNN this Sunday!

June 13, 2013

Social Mobilizers in India and Vietnam Get a Boost from Technology Pilot

May 20, 2013

"Going to School, Instead of Work", CNN

May 16, 2013

An Engineer in the Making: Kurlithlimli’s Story

May 09, 2013

Girls' Education Program Alumna in Cambodia Finds Success After Graduation

April 29, 2013

"Lean On (Each Other)", Huffington Post

Eric Ganju | April 24, 2013

Freedom to Dream: It All Starts with Education

April 19, 2013

Upendo's Promise: Paying it Forward in Tanzania

March 25, 2013

Whose Responsibility Is Girls' Education?, Huffington Post

John Wood | March 12, 2013

Celebrating International Women's Day and the Release of Girl Rising: An Update on Suma from Nepal

March 07, 2013

Half the Sky Movement Brings World Change to a Computer Screen Near You

March 04, 2013

A Game Aims to Draw Attention to Women's Issues, The New York Times

February 18, 2013

The Secret Sauce of Giving Girls Room to Read, Million Moms Challenge

January 18, 2013

Guest Blog: Celebrating Reading Day and the Power of Life Skills in Vietnam

Kim Anstatt Morton | January 02, 2013

Malalas of the Word Need Us to Step Up, Huffington Post

John Wood | November 07, 2012

Gabrielle Reaches for the Sky, Ladies Home Journal

October 01, 2012

Gabrielle Union Examines Abuse in Vietnam, CNN

September 29, 2012

"Readers Send This Girl and Thousands More to School", The New York Times

John Wood | July 12, 2012

"Education Equals Empowerment", Huffington Post

June 08, 2012

"A Mother's Day Tribute: The Role of Women and Parenting in Girls' Education Around the World", Huffington Post

May 09, 2012

"International Women's Day: Advancing The Next Generation of Gals", Huffington Post

March 08, 2012

"Girls Just Want to Go to School", The New York Times

November 10, 2011

"Equal Access to Education = Empowered Workforce", CNBC.com

Eric Ganju | March 08, 2011

Creating an equitable world by closing the gender gap in financial literacy: Room to Read’s adaptation of new methods in educating adolescent girls

By Reema Shrestha, associate director, Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program | January 01, 0001
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