Time to stand with girls demanding change

From Global Public Square Wed Jul 23 2014, 15:05:43

By Melissa Hillebrenner, Special to CNN Editor's note: Melissa Hillebrenner is the director of the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign. The views expressed are her own. Thursday marks 100 days since more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted from their families and community in northeast Nigeria, a reminder of the horrors and hardships many girls [...]

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