Monthly Archives:: February 2012

Murdered for Giving Birth to a Girl

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MURDERED FOR GIVING BIRTH TO A GIRL

An unimaginable crime. Afghan police say a man in Kunduz strangled his wife because she gave birth to their third daughter. He wanted a son. His mother is said to have helped in this horrific crime. This speaks to what little value women and girls still have in Afghanistan, even 10 years after the Taliban… Read more »

It’s Bigger than Too $hort

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Rapper Too $hort gives sex advice to young boys

Celebrities don’t raise other people’s children, but they are responsible for what they put out in the universe. What Rapper Too $hort recently put out could be called criminal advice. He called it “fatherly advice” for young boys. This was not his usual demeaning music videos, but rather a talk that appeared in a video… Read more »

Black and Missing

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Black and Missing

You’ve heard it. You may have said it. “The news doesn’t cover missing black people.” Nearly half of all abducted children are black. One group says there are many reasons missing people of color sometimes do not get the attention needed to find them, and it starts with Amber Alerts. I spoke with the co-founder… Read more »

Tim McGraw

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Tim McGraw

“They key is calling out other men. I think that is your duty as man, as a father especially, as a husband.”

Find out more about why Tim McGraw is a True Ally to women and girls.