| For girls living in impoverished countries, a first period is anything but a momentous rite of passage. Not when they're forced to dig through trash heaps, cut tattered mattress bits or tear clothes into rags to create makeshift sanitary protection.
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Today, more than 1,000 babies are born with HIV every day in the developing world. As a mother, this statistic really breaks my heart, especially when as many as 98% of these cases could be prevented. |  | Margaret Cho: We Deserve Rights. We Deserve Life.
World AIDS Day falls on December 1st, and on that day and most days, I think about AIDS, and what the disease has taken from me.It has taken a lot from me. More than I can think about sometimes, more than I want to remember. More than anything should take from a person. |  | Christy Turlington Burns: Help Moms in Life-or-Death AIDS Fight
Just as we have the knowledge to prevent almost every mother from dying needlessly in pregnancy and childbirth, we can prevent 390,000 children being born HIV-positive, most of whom will die by their second birthday. |  | Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen: Ten Ways to Give With Your Family, Part 4
As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving-through our children. Here are ten easy ways to help your young children make giving become a core value of their own. |  | Sarah Costa: Invisible and Overlooked: Refugees With Disabilities
When the only people who can get to the front of the line during a food distribution following an earthquake are those who are strong and able-bodied, something is wrong. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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