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/CNW/ - Nisha Pahuja's Notice Pictures/National Film Board of Canada (NFB) co-production To Kill a Tiger has been nominated for the Oscar for Documentary...
By Kemo Cham Mary is one of the lucky generation of Sierra Leonean teenage girls. Despite being pregnant, she had the opportunity to attend school like a normal girl. Two years ago, Mary’s story would have been different, due to a ban on girls with visible pregnancies. Imposed in 2010, that ban was part of a policy the government said was meant to discourage pregnant girls
Seventy-five years ago, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Can we ensure its implementation today?
Djénabou Bélla Diallo, whose clitoris was cut as a child, is now a midwife and renounces the practice. But the custom is still very common in Guinea-Conakry, which has the world’s second highest population of mutilated females
NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (IPS) - Criminal justice systems in South Asia are failing women, despite stark statistics on the prevalence of violence. WHO estimates translate to one in every two women and girls in the region experiencing violence daily.