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Educating Women

WATCH: The Girl Who Demanded School

When she was 12, Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: she would undergo the Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he would let her go to high school. If she had run away Ntaiya’s father would have been s...
by Natasha Lipman
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Video & Photography

WATCH: International Women’s Day – One Woman Song

Today, in recognition of International Women’s Day, UN Women has released a song inspired by a global call for Women’s rights and gender equality. As part of this year’s International Women’s Day which focuses on endin...
by Jessica Trevis
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Video & Photography

WATCH: International Women’s Day – The Girl Effect

Defining themselves as a global movement, The Girl Effect is one of many campaigns demanding the world to acknowledge women and girls as key players to the development and poverty debate. Created by the Nike Foundation and in c...
by Jessica Trevis
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Human Rights

International Women’s Day: Missing the Point Holds Us Back

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, celebrating it in the Arab world comes with mixed reactions. In a region that has embraced more change in the past two years than it has in the past two decades, the issue of...
by Yara Al Wazir
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Human Rights

A Choice Called ‘Pragaash’

“Valentine day. Do you know what is it ? Saint valentine had loved a young girl and had sex with her before married (ZINA) And that’s why UK government had hanged him on that day 14 february and since then the non believer ...
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Gender Responsive Climate Change Adaptation

The countries that are most affected by climate changes are the poorest and within these states, women bear the brunt of the negative effects of the changes to natural resources, agriculture and environment. Hence, climate chan...
by El Mostafa Jamea
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Human Rights

To Address Trafficking From Nigeria We Need To Work Together To Confront Domestic Violence

Research carried out in partnership by Nigerian and UK organisations shows that anti-trafficking policy needs to address factors that make women vulnerable to exploitation. Beatrice grew up in the south of Nigeria. She was coer...
by Jenny Pennington
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Human Rights

Making ‘Invisible Women’ Visible

Thanks to its pull as a global hub of trade, finance and technology, London has a huge pull for economic migrants, from both within and outside of the country. Foreign workers in London are particularly concentrated in certai...
by Urban Times
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Human Rights

The Logic Of Our Sex Laws, Part 3: Altering The Acceptable

Previously: The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 2: Moving Forward The Nordic countries are often at least one step ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to social progression. It’s perhaps unsurprising then, that the...
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