Taliban Poisons 120 School Girls in Latest Attack Against Education

More than Afghan 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country's north, Afghan police and education officials said on Wednesday (May 23)

Victims of the poisoning were being treated in hospital after the attack on a school in Taliqan inTakhar Province.

One of the poisoned schoolgirls who gave

Disfigured Acid Attack Victim Pleads for Mercy Killing

As an innocent woman slept in the comfort of her own home, three young assailants came in the dead of the night and broke into her home. As she was in her bed, they poured a cocktail of acids over her face- burning her skin, melting her eyelids, nose, mouth and ears, leaving her partially deaf and almost blind.

Sunitha Krishnan's fight against sex slavery

Its Great Beaing a girl

When we found out that the CCBOJ was a girl, I was more than a little concerned.  It's not easy being a girl, especially growing up now.  Body image, sexting, mean girls, lack of pay equity (ok maybe it will be a while before LC has to worry about that), but it's not always sunshine and roses bring a girl.  Don't even get me started on the princess trend.  My worries were compounded with every piece of pink clothing we received, concerned we were painting LC into a pink fairy and butterfly filled corner.

I've talked about princesses with friends who are also raising girls and they've given some great suggestions as to counteracting the princess trend and other advice.  They recommended this book, which may still be a little old for LC but I love it already: