On Friday, legislation updating rules that had made it legal for girls as young as 12 to get married in Virginia (if they had parental consent and were pregnant) took effect. The law set the minimum marriage age at 18, or 16 if a child is emancipated by court order, taking parents and pregnancy out of the equation.
The “#PantyChallenge”? Really?!?
“In Sara [Baartman’s] memory, South Africa must urgently provide its forgotten daughters with viable alternatives to the sex trade and teach its sons about harmful masculinities.” :
Justin Trudeau needs to address systemic discrimination against Indigenous women and girls if he wants the national inquiry to be effective.