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Support International Megan's Law
Society & Culture  (tags: children, women, girls, boys, child molesters, crime, trafficking )

Tierney
- 12 days ago - covenanthouse.org
In the U.S. and around the world, thousands of pimps, traffickers, and child molesters are buying and selling kids - treating them like cheap merchandise. These kids have a right to childhood and hope for the future.... Which is why this expansion of Meg
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Man, 70, Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: children, girls, raped, crime, sicko )

Lone
- 20 days ago - suburbanchicagonews.com
JOLIET -- A 70-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday morning for sexually abusing two little girls for whom he was baby-sitting, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow announced
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Is Madonna Following Oprah's Lead - School for Girls - in Malawi
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Malawi, Madonna, Oprah, building school, school for girls, girls, new schools built, ground-breaking ceremony, Madonna's children, Raising Malawi charity, education, privileged life )

ON VACATI
- 28 days ago - marieclaire.co.uk
Wow! Positive press for Madonna---finally!! Madonna made a ground-breaking trip to Malawi this week - quite literally - as she grabbed a spade to mark the beginning of construction on a new school for girls. Madonna ...and education? Well...ok.
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Do Skimpy/Sexy Halloween Costumes Work Against Feminist Ideas??
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Halloween, halloween costumes, girls, young women, feminist ideas, feminism, society, society's double standard )

ON VACATI
- 28 days ago - kstatecollegian.com
Does Halloween costumes for girls encourage an unfair double standard by deeming acceptable one night what would be considered "trashy" most other nights? Are girls supposed to look slutty for Halloween? Why skimpy costumes everywhere?
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Ask the Association for Christian Retail to Adopt Anti-Slavery Standards ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, slaves, girls, China, exploited, rights, protection )

Cher
- 94 days ago - change.org
In 2007, a case of crucifixes purchased by St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York were traced back to a factory in China where girls as young as 15 were forced to work up to 19-hour days, seven days a week to manufacture the religious items.
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Tell Your Senator: Support Women and Girls in Afghanistan ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: environment, humans, women, girls, protection, Afghanistan )

Cher
- 100 days ago - change.org
The Afghan Women Empowerment Act (S. 229) was introduced by Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this bill would provide critical resources for Afghan women for literacy education, technical and vocational training and health care services
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Sign Petition: Stop Rising Teen Birth Rates and STD Infections
Society & Culture  (tags: society, teens, girls, sex education, naral, pregnancy, stds, disease, prevention, health, culture, americans, family, abstinence, contraception, birth control, government )

Tom
- 244 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We're facing a teen-health crisis. One in four American girls has a sexually transmitted disease and the teen birth rate is up in 26 states. The Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act would establish the first-ever federal sex education program.
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Video: The Girl Effect
Society & Culture  (tags: children, girls, poverty, education, health, culture, society, women )

Tom
- 446 days ago - care.org
The Girl Effect: Powerful social and economic change brought about when adolescent girls in the developing world have an opportunity to participate in their society and be a powerful force of change for themselves, their families, communities and nations.
18 comments
Girl-On-Girl Fight Trend Growing Online!
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, teen beatings, bullying, teens, girls, abuse, peer pressure, mean girls, Lakeland, Florida, cheerleaders, disrespect, law, crime, criminals, jail )

ON VACATI
- 594 days ago - local6.com
Behavioral Experts: Girls Are Worst Offenders For New Type Of Bullying! girls are the worst offenders for the type of bullying associated with a recent attack described as "animalistic" until she passed out several times!
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Teens (14-18) In Taped Girl-Beating Could Be Charged As Adults
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, Florida, teens, girls, beating, video, myspace, youtube, taped beating, arrests, teen criminals, loss of hearing, loss of vision )

ON VACATI
- 594 days ago - cfnews13.com
Victoria Lindsay was attacked on March 30 by six girls when she arrived at a friend's home. At one point in the video, the beaten girl was knocked unconscious, and was later seen pleading to be let out of the house. SHOCKING STORY/SHOCKING VIDEO!!!
13 comments
Teen Breast Augmentation Surgery "Increasing"
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, health, breast augmentation, teens, breast enlargement surgery, cosmetic surgery, breasts, women, girls, children, anesthesia risks, deaths )

ON VACATI
- 605 days ago - newsday.com
The number of women 18 and younger who have had breast enlargements has risen nearly 500 percent over the past decade - a sharper climb than the 300 percent increase in breast augmentations among all age groups.
7 comments
Actress Kate Walsh: Abstinence-Only Not Working for TEEN GIRLS!
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, Kate Walsh, CBS, teen sex-ed, abstinence, teenage girls, girls, young women, birth control, Centers for Disease Control and Preventi, Planned Parenthood, STD's, Abstinence-only, failed programs )

ON VACATI
- 605 days ago - cbsnews.com
Walsh is pushing for federal sex education programs to teach strategies beyond abstinence-only. It's a $1.5 billion program over the last ten years that has, quite frankly, failed. Video!
10 comments
'Slave' Made to Swim With Piranhas
Society & Culture  (tags: italy, circus, girls, slaves, forced, swim with piranhas, snakes, cruelty, sadness )

Jacquelin
- 607 days ago - news.com.au
POLICE have rescued two teenage sisters from a circus in southern Italy which forced one of them to swim with flesh-eating piranhas for the audience's amusement. While the 19-year-old sister swam in a transparent tank, the younger, 16-year-old was forc
8 comments
Girls as Young as Eight Victims in Thin Craze - Australia
Society & Culture  (tags: australia, weight, children, girls, teenagers, health, doctors, hospital )

Chrissy
- 685 days ago - news.com.au
GIRLS as young as eight are falling victim to the size zero fashion phenomenon with a 50 per cent increase in children being admitted with life-threatening eating disorders in the last eight years. With one expert naming January as "panic month," doctors
18 comments
Man Gets 50-Year Term for Child Abuse, Porn - USA
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, balltimore, paedophile, man, child, children, girls, jailabuse, ChildAbuse )

Chrissy
- 715 days ago - baltimoresun.com
A 51-year-old man from Cresaptown in Allegany County was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing and exploiting two minors and for producing and distributing child pornography. William Wray II pleaded guilty to the
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