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Giving Girls a Choice and a Chance

By Beth Fredrick, International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)

May 20, 2009 - 8:00am

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Legislation to prevent child marriage around the globe was just introduced in both the House and Senate that will give girls who are married too young a choice and a chance.

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The Perfect Pantomime

By Aimee Liu, Ms. Magazine

May 13, 2009 - 9:00am

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What are our bodies telling us when we have an eating disorder?

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Not Just A Cosmetic Problem

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

March 13, 2009 - 8:00am

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The effect that toxic chemicals in makeup have on their youngest buyers - teens who may be less discriminating about the products they use - is particularly worrisome.

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"The Most Invisible Entity" : EU Focuses on Girl Children

By Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

September 18, 2008 - 8:00am

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This summer, the European Council adopted a set of indicators to monitor the advancement of girls' rights to access education and sexual and reproductive health care, and to ensure the eradication of child sexual exploitation.

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Child Marriage: We Have Solutions

By Kathy Selvaggio, International Center for Research on Women

May 20, 2008 - 8:00am

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We know what works to increase age of marriage in communities where child marriage is common. So why are so few Republicans backing legislation to support those development programs?

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Get Real! I Hate Being a Girl. What's Wrong?

By Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

May 16, 2008 - 8:00am

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Heather Corinna brings Scarleteen's popular sexual health advice column to RH Reality Check! This week, Heather talks to a young woman who doesn't like being a girl.

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When India's Resources Mobilize to Save a Girl Child

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

May 7, 2008 - 8:40am

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In India, there are laws to prevent dowry, domestic violence, sexual harassment and child marriage. But in the country's social context, these laws aren't very effective.

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Trusting Teenagers

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

March 27, 2008 - 9:44am

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The very act of gaining knowledge can give girls a huge boost in self-esteem. But in order to enable them to gain knowledge, we first have to trust them. "In Treatment"'s character Sophie is one of television's few complex teenage girls.

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