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Today is the United Nations International Day of Families. The theme for this year is “Fathers and Families: Responsibilities and Challenges.” Secretary General Ban Ki Moon wrote in a message in honor of the day
Traditionally in many societies, fathers have been moral teachers, disciplinarians and breadwinners. In many countries, there is now [...]

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My classmate Christa Hillstrom, who blogs about human trafficking here, found this article about a new family law in Mali on the United Nations’ Integrated Regional Information Networks news site. Family law in this African country hasn’t changed much since the 1960s, shortly after Mali gained independence from France.

photo by Arriving at the Horizon [...]

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