"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights" Gloria Steinem Just two months after the world celebrated International Women's Day , we find that more than 200 Nigerian girls have been kidnapped and thought to be sold by the infamous Islamic Jihadist group, Boko Haram . Nigeria is calling for the help of all nations to help in finding and releasing the young girls, many of whom are under the age of seventeen. During conversations at yesterday's White House press briefing, the subject of what the United States is doing to assist Nigeria in the search and rescue efforts to find the missing girls and bring them home, Press Secretary Carney stated, " What I can tell you is that we view what has happened there as an outrage and a terrible tragedy. The President has been briefed several times and his national security team continues to...
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