(Photo : Twitter/WomenGirlsLead) RISE FOR OUR SISTERS IN NIGERIA Dear One Billion Rising and V-Day Activists, Two weeks ago, 234 teenage girls were kidnapped in the Nigerian city of Bornu while taking their exams. It is assumed that the girls were taken by Boko Haram, a local Islamic extremist group whose name means "western education is forbidden." It is feared that the girls have been sold into marriage to the militants and some have been moved to nearby countries of Cameroon and … [Read more...]
VDAY Taking Action for our Sisters in Nigeria!
May 2, 2014 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, CA-- USES, CHILDCARE, Uncategorized, WOMEN Taking ACTION, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: #Girls #girls, acelebrationofwomen.org, African, Eve Ensler, girls, justice, Nigerian Embassies, ONE BILLION RISING, release girls, solidarity, VDAY, women's movement