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The President of Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency after a five-year-old was left paralyzed from the waist down after being savagely raped. The toddler had her spine crushed after being attacked by a 28-year-old uncle last year. President Julius Maada Bio hit out at … [Read more...] about Young girl’s rape trauma leads Sierra Leone to declare national emergency

The NFL aired a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday night celebrating the league’s centennial that ended with a nod to the future of the sport: a female football star. Sam Gordon, a 15-year-old high school sophomore from Utah who received the league’s first-ever “Game Changer” award … [Read more...] about Meet the teen football star who overshadows legends in Super Bowl ad

When it was announced a few weeks ago that, for the first time ever, there would be male cheerleaders performing at the Super Bowl, it was met with fawning media fanfare. Headlines about how the two Los Angeles Rams cheerleaders, Napoleon Jinnies and Quinton Peron, are “making … [Read more...] about Don’t fall for the NFL’s feel-good moment with male cheerleaders

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Julia Carvalho can’t wait to get on the trail to becoming an Eagle Scout. Her dad, her brothers and her uncles have been involved with the Boy Scouts her whole life. Now she can be one of the pack. Beginning Friday, the Boy Scouts of America will allow girls to … [Read more...] about Boy Scouts will allow girls for first time in 109 years

Global Fund for Women is proud to partner with Gucci in the next phase of their CHIME FOR CHANGE campaign to harness the power of the next generation to create change. CHIME FOR CHANGE’S partnership with Global Fund for Women will connect emerging young activists with experienced … [Read more...] about Global Fund for Women partners with Gucci’s CHIME FOR CHANGE campaign to strengthen young women’s leadership