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Child Care Gets Special Mother’s Day Promotion

By Jill Hindenach ● Arts & Culture ● May 4, 2008

Sen. Bob Casey plans to introduce legislation to increase federal funding for child care for the first time in seven years. With Mother’s Day approaching, child care activists have been pushing politicians on an issue that’s low on the public radar.

U.N., Lawmakers Urged to Curb Forced Marriages

By Jill Hindenach ● Arts & Culture ● February 25, 2008

Over 51 million girls under 18 in the developing world are forced to marry, a practice widely viewed as a violation of their human rights. U.S. advocates are now flagging congressional bills to help curb the practice.