Research summary
Menstrual health and school attendance
What the evidence does and does not show about hygiene access and days lost from class.
Library
Learn
Beginner-friendly research summaries, downloadable classroom resources, quizzes and perspective tools — written for students who want context.
Learn
Read carefully. Then read the counter-argument.
Educational resources on women's rights, health, education, leadership and social issues around the world — written for students who want context rather than headlines.
Article
Education as infrastructure
Why distance, safety and cost shape enrolment as much as policy does.
Classroom pack
Teaching empathy with simulations
A 50-minute lesson plan built around the Her Choices experience, with discussion prompts.
Timeline
A century of women's rights
Key legal, educational and health milestones — with context on what changed on the ground.
Research summary
Economic participation and unpaid care
How care work is measured, why it is undercounted, and what redistribution looks like.
Guide
Starting a student chapter
Charter template, first-term calendar, safeguarding basics and fundraising ethics.
Myth versus fact
Period poverty only affects low-income countries.
Girls' school enrolment has risen substantially over the past three decades.
Educating girls mainly benefits the individual student.
Women's university enrolment exceeds men's in many countries.
Understanding Through Perspective
The same day, lived under different conditions.
Getting to school
A ten-minute bus ride on a subsidised pass.
A ninety-minute walk that ends when the rains begin.
A period
A supermarket aisle and a private bathroom.
Cloth, a shared latrine and a week of considered absence.
Choosing a subject
Interest, aptitude and a careers adviser.
Distance to the nearest lab, and whether the family can spare the labour.
Seeing a doctor
An appointment booked from a phone.
A day of travel, a day of waiting, a day of wages lost.
These comparisons are illustrative composites drawn from published research. They are offered to build perspective, not to characterise any single country or community.