Introduction: Watering the Seeds: The Challenges and Opportunities for Educating Adolescent Girls Around the Globe Sandra L. Stacki and Supriya Baily Part I: Structural Domain 1.Transitions: Girls, Schooling, and Reproductive Realities in Malawi Nancy Kendall and Zikani Kaunda 2. Girls, Education, and Narratives of Progress: Deconstructing the Discourse on Child Marriage Shenila Khoja-Moolji 3. More than Access: Overcoming Barriers to Girls’ Secondary Education in the Peruvian Andes Joe Levitan Part II: Institutional Domain 4. Adolescent Girls’ Education, Empowerment, and Marginalization in Gujarat, India: Inclusion, Exclusion, or Assimilation? Payal Shah 5. Doorways: Preventing and Responding to School-Related, Gender-Based Violence in West Africa Emily Forsyth Queen, Lorena Gonzalez, and Shannon Meehan 6. Empowering Girls through Leadership Development: CARE’s Model in Action Amanda Moll, Emily Janoch, and Ginny Kintz Part III: Psychological and Social Domains 7. Reflections on Identity, Difference, and Rights in an Islamic High School in Cameroon Caroline M. Berinyuy and Carol Anne Spreen 8. Empowering Indonesian Street Girls: Processes and Possibilities Julia Suleeman and I. G. A. A. Jackie Viemilawati 9. Education as Domination: Girls’ Experiences in Desegregated White South African Schools Maria Hengeveld and Mark Daku Part IV: Communal and Cultural Domains 10. Wearing Hijab: Muslim Girls’ Schooling Experiences in the United States Wafa Hozien 11. Empowerment of Excluded Girls in Schooling: Exploring Capabilities and Social Justice Change in China Vilma Seeberg 12. Voices on Educational Experience and Challenges: Young Adolescent Girls in GhanaAlex Kumi-Yeboah Conclusion: From Watering to Nurturing: Preparing Richer Ground for Young Adolescent Girls Supriya Baily and Sandra L. Stacki