by YGB | Mar 7, 2019 | Global News
When a girl is forced to marry as a child, she faces immediate and lifelong consequences. Her odds of finishing school decrease, while her odds of experiencing domestic violence increase. She is more likely to become pregnant during adolescence and young teenage girls...
by YGB | Feb 28, 2019 | Global News
Image by by Michael Pontieri Anouk Prop The popularity of yoga is rising worldwide. Nowadays the mental and physical health benefits of yoga are being researched more and more and the evidence for its positive contribution to well-being is growing. It’s being...
by YGB | Feb 26, 2019 | Global News
“…a period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education.” The Oscar-winning documentary short is shot in a village near Delhi and revolves around women battling patriarchy to manufacture cost-effective sanitary pads. “I’m...
by YGB | Feb 10, 2019 | Global News
India Rules Sex With a Child Bride Is Always Rape in a Massive Win for Girls’ Rights India’s top court has ruled that sex with a child is always rape, quashing a clause that allowed men to have sex with underage girls if they were married to them. The Supreme Court’s...
by YGB | Nov 8, 2018 | Global News
YOUR DONATIONS IMPACT YGB Film “Seva Trip 2018” was just premiered at the Annual Gala. Take this journey with eight global Ambassadors as we traveled through Karnataka and West Bengal to visit all YGB programs witnessing their real impact on so many lives. Your...
by YGB | Sep 21, 2018 | Global News
Were India to rebalance its workforce, the world’s biggest democracy would be 27% richer LAKSHMI, the goddess of wealth and fortune, is the closest thing Hinduism has to an economic deity. How poorly her earthly sisters in present-day India are faring. There, women...
