Girlhood: teens around the world in their own voices

Alejandra, 17, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Amiya, 14, London, United Kingdom

Anna, 14, Sydney, Australia

Ayaulym, 19, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Chanleakna, 16, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Melbourne, Australia

Chen Xi, 16, Singapore

Claudie, 13, Pango Village, Vanuatu

Desireé, 15, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Diza, 14, Mumbai, India

Emilly, 18, São Paolo, Brazil

Emma, 16, a small village by the sea, Ireland

Favour, 13, Minna, Nigeria

Halima, 17, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Jocelyne, 19, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Luciana, 16, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Mandisa, 18, Durban, South Africa

Marta, 14, Milan, Italy

Merisena, 13, Cité Soleil, Haiti

Miriam, 16, Sundsvall, Sweden

Naya, 16, Berlin, Germany, and Damascus, Syria

Raksa, 19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Ruksar, 17, Lucknow, India

Ruoxiao, 18, Kunming, Yunnan, China, and the United Kingdom

Ruqaya, 16, Baghdad, Iraq

Sattigul, 16, Ulaankhus, Mongolia

Shanai, 18, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States of America

Sofia, 18, Panama City, Panama

Sophie, 17, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Varvara, 18, Sarnsk, Russia

Viona, 15, Kieni, Kenya.