Sonia B. Castellanos saw young Latinas in crisis. Her Con Mi MADRE organization has turned the dropout rate around.

Nearly one in seven Afghan women dies in childbirth. Follow an Afghan American filmmaker and her father to his native Afghanistan, where he brings desperately needed medical attention and expertise to the women most susceptible to maternal mortality.

Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world.

Almost eight percent of US veterans are women, but the US Department of Veterans Affairs is geared primarily toward men. That's meant a lot of women veterans are homeless and living on the street — or on waiting lists for the services they need.

Dr. Angela Davis reflects on how social media may have aided her activist pursuits in the 1960s. She is featured in The Black Power Mixtape, which aired on Independent Lens. The clip is part of a larger interview conducted by PBS NEWSHOUR’s Hari Sreenivasan and produced by ITVS.

While only 21, Taryn Davis’s husband was killed in combat. Her American Widow Project gives grieving spouses a voice.

Desmond Tutu explains how man-made customs need to be changed in order to include the talents of women and girls.

Christy Turlington-Burns reflects on the potential all women and girls have to thrive in society.