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Reports of abuse against women and girls around the world are discouraging. But organizations are fighting back. From ending child marriage to stopping violence -- from education rights to gender equality, here are some of the groups standing up for women that you can be part of.

The Real Junk Food Project recovers and sells waste food, letting customers pay as much or as little as they like.

Sudanese teenager Noura Hussein is on death row for killing her 35-year-old husband. CNN obtained a first-hand account from the 19-year-old, who has appealed her sentence.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl Thursday, the first world leader in nearly 30 years to have a child while in office.

Pope Francis has added his voice to those criticizing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy that has resulted in the separation of families at the Mexican border.

The World Health Organization no longer classifies transgender people as mentally ill.

More than 5.6 million people have fled Syria since 2011. Here's how you can help.

Twenty million people across four countries need food assistance: Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeast Nigeria

A car bombing near several embassies in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed at least 90 people in May 2017.

More than 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar and are seeking refuge in Bangladesh, according to the United Nations.

Read CNN's Fast Facts on Saif al-Islam Gadhafi to learn more about the second son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.