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The White House put out a statement honoring International Women's Day, a day where women around the world are recognized for their contributions to advance a civil society.  ADVERTISEMENT CMB BUSINESS SOLUTIONS   THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2017 Statement from the Press Secretary in Honor of International Women’s Day International Women’s Day gives us the opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon the meaningful progress women have made throughout society, while also acknowledging that there is still much work that remains to be done to ensure the complete and consequential participation of women in all spheres of economic, political, and public life. Throughout our history, women have made enormous contributions in the service of our country, and we know that as a Nation, America will only become stronger, more prosperous, and better able to meet our shared goals, as women achieve greater access to a level ...

"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...

Women's History Month is starting off with a bang. After the latest ridiculousness from shock jock Rush Limbaugh caused such a stir from everyone who is human, Limbaugh in an attempt to be one himself, issued an apology (after about ten sponsors withdrew their advertising dollars) to Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student, whom he called a "slut" last week on the national airwaves, and said he wanted to watch "her have sex". In his apology Limbaugh said: "For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened t...

I couldn't help be proud of the First Lady's mentoring efforts that not only include her own, but her inclusion of other successful women as well, to assist young women and girls on the journey to adulthood.   Last night more than twelve women came together to mentor and share their successes and challenges during a White House ceremony in honor of Women's History month. Said First Lady Michelle:  "They found what they were put on this Earth to do, and they realized that it didn’t matter whether they got rich or famous doing it, whether they won any kind of award for it.  What mattered was that they were doing what they loved doing.  And that's key to you, young women.  You want to be good at stuff, but you’re good at stuff that you care about and you love.  So think about that as you move forward.  What mattered was that they were true to what was inside of them." The First Lady also spent the day at Ballou High School speakin...