This is where you hear from women & girls around the world about their unfiltered lives, dreams, and hopes for a better future.

A Young Woman in Uganda 5/28/25 A Young Woman in Uganda 5/28/25

Uganda Diaries: Florence

A university student in Uganda shares how stigma, poverty, and neglect force girls into transactional sex just to afford a pad — and why she’s fighting to change that.

A Young Woman in Afghanistan 5/26/25 A Young Woman in Afghanistan 5/26/25

Afghanistan Diaries: Noor

A 22-year-old Afghan woman recounts the day the Taliban shut down her art workshop — and with it, the fragile space where her dreams once lived.

A Young Woman in Afghanistan 4/22/25 A Young Woman in Afghanistan 4/22/25

Afghanistan Diaries: Madina

Sold into marriage at eight, returned in a shroud at ten—Madina’s childhood traded for silence, her life for a price.

A Young Woman in Iraq 4/18/25 A Young Woman in Iraq 4/18/25

Iraq Diaries: Rania

"I just want my freedom and my life," an 18-year-old girl from Fallujah, Iraq tells More to Her Story in a powerful Diary.

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