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How Nigeria’s justice system fails women as femicide suspects walk free
In Nigeria, a chilling wave of gender-based violence is sweeping through communities, with domestic abuse spiralling into fatal attacks and intimate partners turning into killers. From the brutal ...
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Author Kota Neelima's book on farmer suicides showcased at World Book Fair
A book about farmer suicides and women farmers in rural distress was the highlight at the ongoing World Book Fair in the ...
Stepping Up The Pace To Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is excruciatingly painful and medically unnecessary. UNICEF is working to end this cruel practice.
Female genital mutilation is a leading cause of death for girls where it's practiced
Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women ...
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Japan could finally face its own #MeToo crisis
It is not just pop culture that is facing a reckoning. Last year a female prosecutor in Osaka, in west of Japan, accused a ...
Religious freedom is routinely curbed in Central Asia – but you won’t often see it making international news
Forum 18, a site based in Norway, is one of the few media outlets specializing in coverage of religious freedom.
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Female Genital Mutilation Is a Leading Cause of Death for Girls Where It's Practised - New Study [analysis]
Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It's practised in at least 25 African countries, as well as parts ...
Air Pollution Kills Over 100 Asian Children Daily, Unicef Says
Air pollution is linked to the daily deaths of over 100 children under five in East Asia and the Pacific, according to a ...
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Indonesia's PPPA Ministry Will Create Regulations to Handle Femicide Cases
Indonesian Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) plans to create regulations to handle femicide cases ...