Thank you for reminding us of this terrible practice practice against women and girls worldwide and for offering solutions to these problems. How refreshing!

I know that several Fair Trade coffee and chocolate programs support exactly these sorts of efforts. Many groups participing in "fair trade" activities put a certain amount of the money toward community education. It is especially important, however, that females are also assured equal access to education.

Becky Johnson above brings up a good point about gross human rights abuses in Sudan. The human cost of war on women and children and human rights abuses in Sudan are two current appeals from Amnesty International. You can join their campaign by visiting www.aiusa.org