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Comic Book Expounds Black Mothers as Women of Dialogue

By- Aditi Maheshwari Scheena Donia is playing multiple roles as an image coach, a communication consultant, a mother of four children, and a very active blogger on social media channels. She has now written a comic book. “C’est Maman qui commande” (It’s Mom who orders) has just been released in France and French-speaking African countries. Though she lives in Paris, she remains innate to her Gabonese roots. “I wanted to write this book so that children, like me Afro-descendants, or not, also see what their daily lives are like in a comic book. The idea of representation is essential. I also wanted to honour African mothers who are often caricatured when shown on TV, in boubou, always angry… and not necessarily in their diversity. I wanted to show that there is not only one way to be a mother and a black mother. We don’t all live in the country.…

7 Tips To Help Teen Girls Follow Their Passion

A child’s identity begins the moment they are born; however, the teenage phase is a defining period. In this phase, critical decisions that will affect and shape their identities into adulthood will be made. One of such is the frequently asked question, “What will you want to be when you grow up?” Parents play a crucial role when it concerns kids’ aspirations of what they want to be. The adolescent age is where self-limiting thoughts can appear especially for girls, but the parent can help keep the passion of the teenage girl in check through conversations and creating the right opportunities.

Angelina Jolie Advocates for U.S. Domestic Violence Law

On Wednesday, bipartisan group of U.S. senators agreed a deal to renew a long-lapsed law to strengthen domestic violence protections, just hours after Hollywood actor and humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a tearful speech of support. Jolie’s voice broke as she acknowledged the women and children “for whom this legislation comes too late” in a speech in Washington D.C. “Standing here at the centre of our nation’s power, I can think only of everyone who has been made to feel powerless by their abusers by a system that failed to protect them,” Jolie, wearing a black suit and pearls, said. The Violence Against Women Act expired at the end of 2018, and U.S. President Joe Biden, who originally sponsored the bill as a senator in 1994, had campaigned on renewing it. The House of Representatives approved its renewal in a 244-172 vote almost a year ago, but the legislation stalled in…