There aren't very many examples of names which are equally popular for both boys and girls for a really long period."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

May Rihani from the Global Advisory Committee of the U.N.girls' initiative gave an example from a "life skills" program in Mali.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Girls screamed as they tried to get a look at John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

The incidents included the murder of a civil rights activist in Mississippi and the killings of four young girls in Alabama.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

The Scholastic website says a main goal of the company is to help boys and girls read and learn.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

"Normally in Korea, well the girls take the opportunity to give out chocolates to guys that they have a crush on."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

A medical aid program in Kenya offers hope to women and girls suffering from a condition known as fistula.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

In Kenya,a project aims to educate girls about H.I.V.prevention while helping them stay in school during their monthly periods.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

He said girls in one Dakar school told him about a lack of bathrooms and textbooks for them, and bullying from boys.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

The Earharts lived in a number of places in America's Middle West when the girls were growing up.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

"Especially with the honor killings in the eastern parts. The safety of girls still remains a big problem.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

A.J.Glasser at GamePro Media says the video game industry recognizes that many gamers today are girls and women.

VOA: special.2011.02.23

Girls from poor families can miss up to a week of school each month because they do not have enough money for supplies.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Girls can listen to programs about women in science at a Web site called Women in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics ON THE AIR!

VOA: special.2009.05.13

However,microfinance does show how it is possible to change the lives of women and girls around the world with just a little help.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

So the Ms.Foundation planned a day for parents in New York City to show girls all the possibilities for them in the professional world.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

He wanted to create a series for girls who were about ten to twelve years old.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

The WBCA was established to unite coaches at all levels of the game and to develop basketball as a sport for women and girls.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

Still,she says, far more boys than girls join sports teams nearly forty years after Title Nine gave girls a chance to level the playing field.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

"They didn't do a lot with really smart girls in literature when I was young.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

"We'll need to wait for all the girls to enter puberty before we have a good grasp on what the contribution is of those environmental chemicals."

VOA: special.2010.08.18