Malala

Gina Potes, an acid attack survivor who now runs a foundation to help victims in Colombia.

Colombia finally cracks down on a horrific wave of acid attacks against women

January 20, 2016Justice

President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday signed a new law that closes a legal loophole that often allowed attackers to get away scot-free. Official figures acknowledge 628 victims, but women’s rights activists believe the true toll may be far higher.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai flashes the peace sign from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo on December 10, 2014.

Malala’s supposed attackers are now in jail, but many say their trial was a fig leaf

April 30, 2015Justice

Pakistan says it has captured the men who shot Malala in 2012

September 12, 2014Global Scan

These South African girls are inspired by Malala, even without a Nobel Prize

October 11, 2013Development & Education