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International Day of the Girl: She Deserves Love, Education and Protection

A girl is a blessing and a gift. Many of us grew up hearing some version of the saying credited to the Ghanaian educator Dr James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey: educate a man and you educate an individual; educate a woman and you educate a nation. Yet too many girls are still treated as anything but

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The Uncle Nobody Talks About: Breaking Silence Around Family Sexual Abuse

Parenting / Coach Latifah

Every family has one. The uncle who drinks too much at gatherings and gets “handsy.” The older cousin whose “play wrestling” always seems to involve inappropriate touching. The grandfather who insists on lap-sitting with grandchildren who are way too old for it. The aunt’s boyfriend who’s “just being friendly” but makes every young girl in

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