Shame on us for making brave girls fight for women’s sports alone

Fight Like a Girl review – fiercely authentic setting lifts powerful female boxer drama

Ama Qamata plays a teenage survivor of sexual violence in the DRC with compelling power, and searingly drawn footage of street life in Goma gives authentic edgeHere is an underdog boxing movie from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that has a powerful, heart-wrenching true story behind it – as well as featuring a compelling performance by young South African actor Ama Qamata. She plays a teenage victim of the widespread sexual violence agains…

Afghan Girl Disguised as Boy to Support Family Under Taliban Rule

Nooria, a 13-year-old Afghan girl, appears in a video in which she says she disguised herself as a boy to work and support her mother and sisters under Taliban restrictions on women. Credit: Learning Together.By External SourceKABUL, May 19 2026 (IPS) Nooria is a young girl who, because of poverty and the absence of a man in her family, had to dress in boys’ clothes so she could work and feed her family. It was not a choice, it was survival. But…

Shame on us for making brave girls fight for women’s sports alone

In the fight over transgender athletes in women's sports, teen girls have taken the flak — while the 80% of Americans who agree with them stand by mute.