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Sarah Little

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Journalist covering global women’s rights and freedom @moretoherstoryofficial

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I’m excited to be named the first Non-Resident Journalist for Women, Peace and Security at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS).

For nearly a decade, my reporting has taken me into the lives of women and girls in places where peace and security are fragile. I’m looking forward to building on that work over the coming year, developing a deeper body of independent journalism on women’s lives, rights and freedoms, while contributing to the Institute’s leading work and research.

I’m very grateful to Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Carla Koppell and the fantastic GIWPS team for creating this opportunity, and for their leadership and commitment to women and girls around the world! by @sarittle

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For International Day of the Girl, Sarah Little, Editor in Chief of More to Her Story, reflects on what she has learned from conversations with girls and young women around the world.

For many, freedom means going where they want, choosing what to wear, speaking without fear, living without violence or having a say in whether—and whom—they marry.

Read Sarah’s full reflection in this week’s Freedom Desk newsletter. Link in bio.

#internationaldayofthegirl #freedomdesk by @sarittle

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In @theeconomist today, I argue that the world’s response to the Taliban’s gender apartheid must be stronger and part of a broader reckoning with the legal and social restrictions that continue to shape the lives of hundreds of millions of women and girls worldwide.

Below is an excerpt if you aren’t an Economist subscriber:

“When people think of the oppression of women today, Afghanistan usually comes to mind first. Girls are barred from education beyond the age of 11-12. Women are banned from most jobs and public life. Husbands can beat their wives provided they leave no broken bones. A new law allows girls to be married off before reaching puberty and treats their silence as consent.

Women and girls in Afghanistan have all but lost their futures, whereas Taliban officials are being invited to diplomatic talks in European capitals. What began as widespread condemnation has gradually hardened into tolerance, reduced to the occasional headline and a passing dinner-party lament.

Yet as the Taliban’s second reign enters its sixth year, it raises another question. If Afghanistan represents one end of the spectrum, a place where the oppression of women and girls has reached dystopian, Handmaid’s Tale levels, what about the vast middle ground? What about the hundreds of millions of women and girls who live under restrictions that shape their everyday lives, yet ordinary enough that the world has come to accept them?

Over the past decade my work has focused on places where law and culture intersect in ways that shape and often limit women’s lives. I have seen how culture shapes law, how law reinforces culture and how both work together to set the boundaries of women’s freedom.

I have come to believe two things. First: across countries, cultures, religions and political systems, women and girls want many of the same basic things: safety, dignity, freedom, education and the chance to shape their own lives. Second: the oppression of women and girls exists on a continuum, and most of the world falls somewhere in the middle of it…” by @sarittle

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Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards @vitalvoices taken in New York, New York by @sarittle

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The Taliban’s new criminal code legalizes the exclusion, punishment, and control of women and girls across Afghanistan. @sarittle reports.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story. 📸: Mohd Rasfan / AFP by @sarittle

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🖤 taken in Manhattan, New York by @sarittle

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Today an animal has more rights than women in Afghanistan.

Sarah: Founder of @moretoherstoryofficial by @sarittle

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Thank you @baltimoresun 🩷 by @sarittle

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Made it onto the @forbesunder30 North America 2025 Media List 🥹

To share this list with such incredible journalists is wild! Thank you to everyone who has believed in and supported this work. It means more than you know. by @sarittle

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Out in @guardian today

Thank you to Rothna Begum of @humanrightswatch whose groundbreaking report on restrictions on women’s freedom of movement across the Middle East and North Africa is also out today - please read it.

Thank you to the women who have shared their lives/stories with me over the past several months, invited me into their homes, families, at their own risk.

You are not alone by @sarittle

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Glad to have moderated the opening of @UNFPA’s Flowering Freedom Exhibition to End Violence Against Women and Girls. Thanks to my friend Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA. My rap was also featured in the exhibition alongside incredible artists. taken in New York, New York by @sarittle

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♥️ @moretoherstoryofficial taken in Jordan by @sarittle

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