"My favorite part about Muslim Women's Day last year was how it really afforded us an opportunity to change the culture around how we talk about Muslim women and how we cover their stories. And this year's going to be even bigger. We have even more partners involved, more social media networks that are elevating these conversations on their platforms, more organizations that are tapping into this really pertinent conversation."

"It's a very conflicting feeling for me, on the one hand, I should be happy and encouraged to be in the top 100," Hou tells CNN. "And on the other hand, it's a little bit upsetting to see the huge gap between the two genders."

Children are given the freedom to challenge and cross gender boundaries. Rather than encourage children to do particular things, the teachers are careful not to box children based on their gender or subtly discourage them from doing certain things.