Tag: women’s rights

Girls’ education is the best investment we can make to grow the world’s economies

November 2, 2017

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai seen at the kitchen of Yerwa Girls school in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde) WRITTEN BY: Farah Mohamed, CEO, Malala Fund “If you ask most people if they believe girls should go to school, they’ll answer yes. I would guess that most of you reading this right now are offended by the idea of … More Girls’ education is the best investment we can make to grow the world’s economies

Under the GOP’s health plan, sexual assault could be considered a pre-existing condition

June 17, 2017

By Marie Solis on MIC “After failing to bring their Affordable Care Act replacement to a vote in March, GOP legislators have come armed with a new health care plan that may be even more heartless than their last.  According to Raw Story, the bill’s recently added MacArthur Meadows Amendment would ditch the ACA’s protections for pre-existing conditions — … More Under the GOP’s health plan, sexual assault could be considered a pre-existing condition