When Girls Have Access to Technologies, A True Digital Revolution Will Be In Sight – IPS News Today is International Day of the Girl Child and this year’s theme is “Digital generation. Our generation”. What is the digital generation? It is those who were born into or raised in the digital era. They have wide-spread… Read More The Digital Generation
It was Thursday night. After having something light to eat because he didn’t have much of an appetite because he was so excited to be going out with Karine even though it was just to play ping pong, he showered and changed into a grey shirt and dark blue pants. He put his luggage away.… Read More An Evening Out with Karine
If you were the parent of a 15 year old girl, would you give your permission for her to marry? Most likely not. Yet in Niger, many girls under 18 are getting married with their parents’ permission. These girls face life of abuse and they are forced to give up their dreams. Belita was 14… Read More Child Marriage in Niger
Today is the Day of the African Child. Since 1991, this day has been celebrated on June 16 to commemorate those killed during the Soweto Uprising in South Africa, and to recognize the courage of the students who marched for their right to an education. This year’s theme is ‘access to child-friendly justice’. ‘Access to… Read More International Day of the African Child
Over 50,000 baby girls are aborted every month in South Asia – just because they were girls – Gospel for Asia According to writer and gender-activist Rita Banerji, “Females are being killed in India at every stage of life, before and after birth, only because they are female” It has been said that the three deadliest… Read More Gender-Selective Infanticide
On my twelfth birthday, I sat on the cold ground in a corner of a dark room with my knees drawn up to my chin and my arms wrapped around them as the tears rolled down my dirty cheeks. I couldn’t sleep. I didn’t want to sleep because I was afraid that he would come back and hurt… Read More International Day of the Girl
In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge – Proverbs 14:26. The earthquake in Nepal left more than rubble in its wake. It left heartbreak, loss and uncertainty. When I look at Drastaa’s weathered face, I see unimaginable pain and devastation. I see someone… Read More In Need of Prayers
Children are our future. It is our responsibility–no, it should be our mission to provide them with the tools that will enable them to have the future that God meant for them to have. It is every mother’s hope to see her child rise above adversity, poverty and all the social ills that would oppress and… Read More A Mother’s Hope
I learned about Tall as the Baobab Tree from Human Rights Watch. This film is about a teenage girl who is determined to rescue her 11 year old sister from an arranged marriage. Coumba and Debo, sisters who are the first from their family to attend school. What will happen to Debo’s education if she becomes… Read More Tall as the Baobab Tree
I was appalled when I learned of the Nigerian women who were gunned down because they were giving out polio vaccines. They were killed by gunmen suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic sect shot and killed at least nine as they took part part in a polio vaccination drive in northern Nigeria on Friday,… Read More Polio Vaccines
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