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Millions of girl children worldwide are forced into marriage. They are highly vulnerable to rape, battery, HIV/AIDS infection, and the complications of too-soon pregnancy. They lose out on their dreams of education, work, and family happiness. Please urge the US to take a stand against child marriage:

http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=5&campaign=StopChildMarriage

Via UNFPA's Conversations for a Better World:

In Nebraska, prolifers and prochoicers are demanding truly universal prenatal care. It includes undocumented immgrants.

May this be the wave of the future.

All Our Lives co-founder Jen Roth (that's me!) will be appearing on the Shared Sacrifice webcast this Saturday, March 13.  The show starts at 12pm MST (UTC-7), and I will be calling in around 12:30.  You can listen live and call in or participate in the chat room.  If you're unable to listen live, the show is also available as a podcast — just follow the link on the web page or search for “Shared Sacrifice” in the iTunes Music Store.

At Conversations for a Better World, a multivoiced blog sponsored by UNFPA, an All Our Lives cofounder defends guaranteed maternity care as a universal human right:

It Affects Us All: Maternal Healthcare

Today is International Women's Day. According to the UN, 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced gender-based violence. Such violence sabotages women's ability to make their own decisions about sex & family planning & protect themselves and their children from unintended pregnancies, abortions, & HIV infections.

Here are some steps you can take to support the International Violence Against Women Act.

In the US, urge your Congresspeople to back the I-VAWA bill:
http://capwiz.com/wc/home/

Petition you can sign from anywhere:
http://www.saynotoviolence.org/join-say-no/tell-us-congress-pass-interna...