Women & EmpowermentAs published
“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
— Marian Wright Edelman
Children's rights advocate
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Photo: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · source · Portrait: Max Talbot-Minkin from New York, USA (CC BY 2.0)
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