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Nicole Kidman Honors CNN Hero Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network!

December 2, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Dec. 1, 2009 Opposites attract...as seen by Nicole Kidman's awarding of CNN Top Ten Hero Betty Makoni of the Girl Child Network on Thanksgiving night. Wow. It’s World Aids Day and what better time to send a tribute to Betty Makoni for her amazing work in Zimbabwe w/healing from rape/abuse of small children via the Girl Child Network due to mythology of 'curing AIDS through … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: abuse, Africa, AIDS, Betty Makoni, bravery, change agents, child trafficking, CNN Heroes 2009, Efran Penaflorida, GCN, GEMSGIRLS, Girl Child Network, Girl Child Press, girls, Girls helping girls, Growing Up Girl, HIV, Kids, Michealene Cristini Risley, Nicole Kidman, OWCF, rape, RED, sexploitation, Tapestries-of-Hope, tiny stars, unsung hero, Very Young Girls, women, World Aids Day, Zimbabwe

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30 Mar

#MoreLikeThisPlease #Journo Media needs to callout those enabling, normalizing and perpetuating violent rhetoric and privileged rule bending. Pandering in the name of “both sides-ism” is dismantling democracy. #TruthMatters

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30 Mar

A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:

"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:

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Avatar Sonia Livingstone @livingstone_s ·

26 Mar

📢 New report from the #DigitalFutures4Children centre on ‘Best Interests of the Child in The Digital Environment.’ @5RightsFound @MediaLSE

What does #BestInterests mean in #UNCRC? How should/shouldn't it be applied in the #DigitalEnvironment

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24 Mar

Love this idea @MindShiftKQED! Innovation for education stimulates learning and embeds core concepts of #medialiteracy and helps debunk #misinformation 🔎🙌 #edu #parenting #k12

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Nicole Kidman Honors CNN Hero Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network!

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