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We put out a call for photo of women getting active around the world. The results were so amazing that we mapped them.

There’s a battle afoot over sex education in the Canadian province of Ontario. The government says it’s overhauling its sex ed curriculum — which it hasn’t done since 1998 — to prepare kids for issues like tolerance, consent, and so many things they might encounter on the Internet. Some parents say they’ll pull their children out of class rather than expose them to what they call harmful material. But two teen activists are not only welcoming the changes: they helped make them.

Menstrual taboos have existed around the world for centuries. Here’s a look at a few myths that menstrual health educators have had to combat over the years.

We didn’t want to leave female teachers out of our #TeachHer week on girls’ and women’s education. And you came to the rescue with videos about how these teachers changed your lives.

Decades of conflict in northern Uganda ended up traumatizing thousands of girls. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe has been taking them in and teaching them new skills: how to sew and make crafts to support their families. But beyond that, Sister Rosemary wants them to learn self-respect. In return, she says, she’s learned from them how to forgive.