Category: America

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

UNDERGROUND IN AMERICA: Female Genital Mutilation

July 22, 2015

Originally posted by Olivia Smith and Teri Whitcraft on July 20, 2015 for ABCNews.com— “”Sarah was 7 years old when her parents took her to visit their family in India. Born in Iowa and raised in California, Sarah remembers taking trips to see relatives abroad frequently. But this time was different. “I wish it didn’t … More UNDERGROUND IN AMERICA: Female Genital Mutilation