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Increasing number of schoolgirls are becoming mothers, thus ending prospects of their education Kizito Makoye   | 13.12.2020 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania As rain drizzles, Teddy Meshack,18, is lazily lying on a mat in a shack in Tanzania’s Mbarika village, breastfeeding her baby. She is trying to protect the baby from cold, as the leaky roof gives way to rainwater, which is filling the floor.  Two years ago, Meshack was expelled from school, a...

Free Loujain AlHathloul Free Saudi Activists Womens rights defender Loujain AlHathloul is on trial in a specialist terrorist court. Human rights organizations call for her immediate, unconditional release Saudi Arabia’s people should be free to advocate for womens rights and equality, without the threat of intimidation, arrest and torture.” — Suad Abu Dayyeh, Equality NowGENEVA, SWITZERLAND, December 11, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December, m...

Should moms get paid for being moms? Some think so — and theres a new plan to provide a $2,400 monthly stipend. Rachel Grumman Bender What if moms were given a $2,400 monthly stipend for their — often invisible — labor? That’s the plan proposed by Girls Who Code founder, Reshma Saujani, in a new op-ed for Saujani is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to create a “task force dedicated to implementing a Marshall Plan for Moms” during his first 100 days. (For a histo...

/PRNewswire/ -- This year, Human Rights Day focuses on the impact of COVID-19 and the need to address failures exposed and exploited by the pandemic. Today,...