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Human Rights

Trick-or-Treat For A Better World This Halloween

We’re all familiar with Halloween. It’s a joyous day for kids – a day of fancy-dress costumes and all the candy you can eat. It’s the one day a year when kids are encouraged to take candy from strangers...
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#50Days4Gaza

50Days4Gaza Feature: IPF honours those affected by the 2014 Gaza war

On 8 July 2014, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip – a military operation to put a halt to rocket fire from Hamas. The war continued for 50 days and claimed the lives of 2,251 Palestinians – most of...
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Politics

Politics And The Youth: Does Our Vote Really Count?

With the UK General Elections coming up soon, there’s a lot of talk about who to vote for. Will the Tories be given a second chance or will Labour steal the show? Or will the Lib Dems manage to win trust back off the public? ...
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Egypt

WATCH: A ‘Living Report’ On Art And Sexual Violence In Egypt

Ever since the end of the revolution in Egypt, the country has been cast under the spotlight for their increasing levels of sexual violence against women. Tahrir Square has long since lost it’s association with liberation...
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Africa

One British Woman’s Fight To Save A Nigerian Woman And Her Daughters From A Cruel Tradition

As an active participant in the fight against FGM in the UK, Anj Handa was contacted by the Leeds Migrant Access Partnership early this year asking whether she would meet with one of their peer volunteers, indicating that they ...
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Educating Women

Black dolls ‘Queens Of Africa’ outsells Barbie

Until now, most little girls have grown up playing with the infamous Barbie – the white, blonde, blue-eyed beauty, whose body was so perfect that it should have appeared to us as almost creepy. Instead, Barbie was idolised by...
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#50Days4Gaza

50Days4Gaza: Palestinian journalists tell their story

It’s been one year since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip. Like any other war, the international media flocked to the region as soon as the war broke out – each one more desperate than the...
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#50Days4Gaza

50Days4Gaza: Half the population of children in Gaza suffer post-war trauma

A new study has revealed that 51% of Gaza’s children and 31% of its adults are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder one year on from Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip. The results were presented by Tays...
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Asia

WATCH: Google Shows Us How To Unite India And Pakistan In Just Three Minutes

For years, tensions between India and Pakistan have remained hostile. It seems that the people of both countries have entirely erased from their memories a time when they were one – no boundaries, no conflicts, just one c...
by Priyanka Mogul
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