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The United Nation’s “International Day of the Girl Child”
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Jana Melpolder
This week we mark the UN’s International Day of the Girl Child on October 11th. The day was created by the United Nations General Assembly to help promote opportunities and equal access for girls everywhere. The UN created it to increase public awareness in different areas such as health care, education, and freedom from domestic violence.
Sudanese American Women Are Encouraged to Further Education
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Jana Melpolder
I originally posted this on Open Equal Free – check out the site! Women who left the worn-torn country of Sudan were given a clear message at a recent conference: the path to success in the United States is paved by education. The 2012 Sudanese Women’s Empowerment Conference was held in West Des Moines, Iowa,…
A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and the Empowerment of Women
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Jana Melpolder
Meet Leymah Gbowee, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who works to help empower women in her own community. She has been through the difficult struggles alongside women in her native country, and through it all she has shown great faith and strength. Simply put, I like her.
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