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24 Sep 2008

LIBERIA: FGM continues in rural secrecy

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22 Sep 2008

YEMEN: Call to improve women's status

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12 Sep 2008

ETHIOPIA: More parents saying no to FGM

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08 Sep 2008

GLOBAL : The hidden costs of being a child bride

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29 Aug 2008

BHUTAN: Child protection

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28 Aug 2008

KENYA: Local administration on the spot over girl circumcision

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27 Aug 2008

SIERRA LEONE: Commission Launches First Human Rights Report

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27 Aug 2008

SAUDI ARABIA: Child marriage stirs Saudi debate

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26 Aug 2008

SAUDI ARABIA: Human Rights Commission seeks end to child marriages

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25 Aug 2008

KENYA: State to build birth facility in Garissa

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24 Aug 2008

SAUDI ARABIA: 8 year old Saudi girl seeks divorce

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22 Aug 2008

GHANA: Women call for media support in fight against FGM

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21 Aug 2008

YEMEN: Are they in a dilemma?

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20 Aug 2008

USA: Polygamist sect: Alleged child bride back in foster care

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20 Aug 2008

ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia's effort to eliminate HTPs said fruitful

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19 Aug 2008

CAMBODIA: Escaping an exploitative marriage

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19 Aug 2008

UGANDA: Culture Chokes Kapchorwa Girl's Education

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19 Aug 2008

SIERRA LEONE: 'Bush wives' of rebels seek justice

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18 Aug 2008

COLOMBIA : Colombia Confronts Female Genital Mutilation

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18 Aug 2008

INDIA: Maharashtra has a long way to go in healthcare

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18 Aug 2008

NIGERIA: UNFPA donates equipment to combat VVF

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18 Aug 2008

Indian-American sets record in robot assisted surgery

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18 Aug 2008

KENYA: 'Nobel' Winner Donates Sh1 Million

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17 Aug 2008

YEMEN: Child Brides in Yemen Fight for Their Rights

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15 Aug 2008

UK : Waltham Forest - Girls at risk of mutilation

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13 Aug 2008

Uganda: Obstetric Fistula Queues Grow Longer By The Day

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13 Aug 2008

YEMEN: Freedom flower 'has withered away'

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12 Aug 2008

USA: Polygamists investigated for abuse

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07 Aug 2008

SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi activists and clerics demand end to child marriage

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06 Aug 2008

TANZANIA: Women's bank in pipeline

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06 Aug 2008

USA: Council may show support for federal visa program

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04 Aug 2008

Yemen: Early marriage still damaging lives of young Girls

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04 Aug 2008

A look at female circumcision

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04 Aug 2008

EGYPT: Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights 'cutting' girls

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03 Aug 2008

YEMEN: Government body calls for end to child marriage

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03 Aug 2008

TANZANIA: Public appeal to stop growing maternal deaths

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02 Aug 2008

EGYPT: Cutting a common practice : Attempts made to end female circumcision

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02 Aug 2008

NIGERIA: Lagos moves to check child, maternal deaths

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01 Aug 2008

Circumcision: a girl's tale

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01 Aug 2008

NIGERIA: NMA to flush out quacks in R/S

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01 Aug 2008

TANZANIA: Enlighten people on obstetric fistula

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01 Aug 2008

UK: Women bishops urge more focus on gender issues

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29 Jul 2008

MOROCCO: Child marriages continue despite law to curb practice

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21 Jul 2008

UK: Drive against female circumcision in London steps up

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20 Jul 2008

SAUDI ARABIA : Man says will wait to consummate marriage with 10 year old Hail girl

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08 Jul 2008

IRAQI-KURDISTAN: Women Claim New Law Erodes Their Rights

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30 Jun 2008

COTE D'IVOIRE: Violence and human rights abuse continues

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22 Jun 2008

UK: Female circumcision: a tradition steeped in blood

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21 Jun 2008

EGYPT: Stemming the bloody tide

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09 Jun 2008

Reservations for women in Army: Renuka

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09 Jun 2008

Rajasthan: Teen says no to marriage

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08 Jun 2008

Court rules on female circumcision

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06 Jun 2008

NORWAY accuses Gambian couple of circumcising daughters

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05 Jun 2008

Perpetrators of violence against women must be held to account – UN official

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05 Jun 2008

15 child brides used to settle Pakistan feud

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04 Jun 2008

16-year old Muslim girl brutally circumcized in Israel

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28 May 2008

Turning former practitioners against female genital mutilation in Niger

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16 May 2008

Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty

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12 May 2008

UGANDA: Story of Victimization of Widow Rosa

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12 May 2008

MALI: New family law faces opposition from Muslim organisations

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24 Apr 2008

SIERRA LEONE: Paramount Chief Supports FGM

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24 Apr 2008

TANZANIA: Poor services 'To Blame for Fistula'

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24 Apr 2008

US: Health expert discusses dangers of female circumcision

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23 Apr 2008

AFGHANISTAN: Girls disadvantaged in Afghan education

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23 Apr 2008

UK: Women's charities woefully under-funded, warns report

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23 Apr 2008

FRANCE: Alps-Riviera Province seeks to Eradicate Female Circumcision

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23 Apr 2008

INDIA : Against all odds Nazima scripts a success story

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23 Apr 2008

NEPAL: Underage marriage postponed after child club protest

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16 Apr 2008

UNICEF urges birth registration as kids' right in Ethiopia

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16 Apr 2008

YEMEN: Parliament refuses to legislate minimum age for marriage

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16 Apr 2008

INDIA: A healthy approach

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16 Apr 2008

New Investments in Women and Girls to Fight Global Poverty

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16 Apr 2008

KENYA: Over 100,000 displaced children set for resettlement

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14 Apr 2008

GERMANY: A change of perspective in favour of the victims

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14 Apr 2008

KENYA: Women call for concerted effort to fight Genital Mutilation

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14 Apr 2008

CAMEROON: Human Rights Record Rated Poor

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14 Apr 2008

UGANDA: Childbirth complications high

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14 Apr 2008

INDIA: Minor rescued from child marriage

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14 Apr 2008

Eight-year-old Yemeni 'wife' seeking divorce

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14 Apr 2008

WALES: Forced Marriages Alert for Schools

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14 Apr 2008

Joining Hands against Forced Marriages

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14 Apr 2008

GHANA: Forced marriage still practised in Bawku West District

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14 Apr 2008

Speak up, girl child : Rajasthan mothers want daughters to be assertive to avoid exploitation - study

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14 Apr 2008

UK: Forced marriage

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14 Apr 2008

ETHIOPIA: Bride-Price Key in Increasing Rate of Rape

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14 Apr 2008

UK: First National Forced Marriage Helpline Launched

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14 Apr 2008

UK: Commission finds UK asylum system falls below civilised standards

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14 Apr 2008

INDIA: Village girl sets bold example

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14 Apr 2008

BANGLADESH: Gender equality for socio-economic development underscored

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14 Apr 2008

Shelter of Camps in Zambia not enough for refugee Congolese Child-Brides?

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11 Apr 2008

IRELAND: So happy to be back home

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10 Apr 2008

BANGLADESH: Fistula Surgery Camp Offers Treatment and Training

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10 Apr 2008

Australia's Mother Teresa

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10 Apr 2008

NIGERIA: Government Moves to Tackle Meningitis, VVF

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10 Apr 2008

YEMEN : New initiative to achieve Millennium Goal of primary education for all

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09 Apr 2008

ERITREA: Regional Conference Against FGM Conducted in Asmara

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09 Apr 2008

UK: Philip Balmforth: the police worker who fought forced marriages

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09 Apr 2008

AUSTRALIA: Aussie girls face cruel ritual of genital mutilation

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09 Apr 2008

US: Arkansas Lawmakers to Repeal Child Marriage Provision

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09 Apr 2008

PAKISTAN: Mob forces Punjabi girl, 9, into marriage to punish father

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09 Apr 2008

UK: An undeclared war on women - Trevor Phillips

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08 Apr 2008

SOMALIA: Raising awareness against FGM in Puntland

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08 Apr 2008

UK: Forced-marriage victim speaks out

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08 Apr 2008

Tanzania: Genital Mutilators Lay Down Tools in Monduli

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08 Apr 2008

Mexican senators propose raising minimum marriage age to prevent child abuse

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07 Apr 2008

US: Children Removed From Desert Compound

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07 Apr 2008

The Opium Brides of Afghanistan

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04 Apr 2008

UK: Schools and forced marriages

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03 Apr 2008

SOMALILAND: Female Genital Mutilation Still Common

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03 Apr 2008

YEMEN: Early Marriage hampering country's development, says report

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01 Apr 2008

INDIA: Four arrested under Child Marriage Act

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26 Mar 2008

UK: Call for forced marriage debate

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26 Mar 2008

UK: Women's group call to Cameron

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25 Mar 2008

EGYPT: New child rights laws signed

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25 Mar 2008

KENYA: A refuge from female circumcision

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25 Mar 2008

USA: Somali Woman Champions Women's Rights in Africa

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25 Mar 2008

UK: The invisibles

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25 Mar 2008

BANGLADESH: Formation of automated marriage bureau to check fraudulence underscored

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25 Mar 2008

UGANDA: The Fight Against Female Circumcision

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25 Mar 2008

GHANA: Forced Marriage - Girl's father arrested

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25 Mar 2008

INDIA : Child Marriage bid foiled

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25 Mar 2008

IRELAND: Injunction halts Nigerian woman's deportation

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25 Mar 2008

GAMBIA: 75 percent of Women are Subject to FGM - says Gamcotrap Coordinator

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24 Mar 2008

GHANA: 17-yr-old girl in forced marriage

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20 Mar 2008

IRELAND: Nigerian woman lobbies against deportation

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17 Mar 2008

Need to uproot FGM from Ghana

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17 Mar 2008

Australia provides support for maternal health in Africa

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17 Mar 2008

UK: Schools fear that forced marriage poster campaign will upset parents

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15 Mar 2008

ETHIOPIA: President Girma calls on Women to Stand Up for their Constitutional Rights

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14 Mar 2008

SIERRA LEONE: Maternity hospital is "last resort"

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11 Mar 2008

UK: Victims of forced marriages could total 4,000, says study

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10 Mar 2008

INDIA: A Child and divorced

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10 Mar 2008

Sierra Leone women demonstrate for 'traditional' mutilation

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10 Mar 2008

Afghan women need more education, fewer forced marriages, Karzai says

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05 Mar 2008

INDIA: Centre launches new scheme for girl child

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05 Mar 2008

Sierra Leone: Child And Maternal Mortality Worst in the World - Unicef

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05 Mar 2008

Gang rape used as weapon of war in Congo

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05 Mar 2008

US: Alum asks mothers to rethink dangerous custom

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05 Mar 2008

UN agencies unite against female genital mutilation

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05 Mar 2008

Regional Director, Fistula Foundation Visits First Lady in Sierra Leone

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02 Mar 2008

Cultural practices butress S.Leone poverty - UN

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02 Mar 2008

Ghana: Child Protection in Parliament

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02 Mar 2008

UK: Tackling shame of 'honour' crimes

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02 Mar 2008

Africa: 10 UN Agencies Launch Global Campaign to Eliminate Female Cut by 2015

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02 Mar 2008

UK: Secret scandal of forced marriages

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02 Mar 2008

Gambia: Media Fraternity Sensitised on FGM

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02 Mar 2008

Romania: 200 Gypsies clash in Romanian village after children's marriage is cancelled

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02 Mar 2008

US: 'Prophet' pleads not guilty in Arizona child bride case

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21 Feb 2008

Uganda: Female Circumcision Bill in Offing

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19 Feb 2008

Scotland: City children face illegal circumcision

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18 Feb 2008

London: Threats from all directions

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18 Feb 2008

Niger: Fall in rate of female genital mutilation/cutting

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18 Feb 2008

Ireland: New Irish funds to combat female genital mutilation

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18 Feb 2008

Sierra Leone: UN Integrated Office seeks ban on FGM in Sierra Leone

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18 Feb 2008

Bangladesh: Adolescent escapes child marriage in Nandigram

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18 Feb 2008

India: Child Marriage is one of the biggest injustices - Patil

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18 Feb 2008

Ghana: Miss Ghana Advises Government on Fistula

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18 Feb 2008

Mauritania observes Day of Zero Tolerance on Female Genital Mutilation

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15 Feb 2008

Early marriage among women in developing countries

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15 Feb 2008

Uganda: We escaped Female Circumcision

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11 Feb 2008

Somalia: UN calls on authorities to end female genital mutilation

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11 Feb 2008

Iraq: An End to Female Genital Cutting?

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10 Feb 2008

Two held in child marriage case: Four children in protective custody

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10 Feb 2008

Sierra Leone: Islam Not in Favour of FGM - Says Iranian Consul

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10 Feb 2008

Cameroon: Zero Tolerance on Female Circumcision

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10 Feb 2008

Gambia: Ex-Circumcisers Equipped on Entrepreneurship

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10 Feb 2008

Jamaica: Child 'wives' - sexual slavery illegal and harmful

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09 Feb 2008

Somali refugee honoured

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08 Feb 2008

Minor girl escapes child marriage at Hatibandha

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08 Feb 2008

Child marriage still rampant

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08 Feb 2008

India: Law Commission recommends that marriages of those under 18 should be rendered void

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08 Feb 2008

FGM still prevalent in Ghana

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08 Feb 2008

Liverpool: School role in war on abuse

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07 Feb 2008

Female circumcision drops by half in Niger

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07 Feb 2008

Liverpool: Doctor: I saw horror of female genital mutilation

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06 Feb 2008

Renewed fight against FGM

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06 Feb 2008

Africa: UN Calls for End to Female Mutilation

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06 Feb 2008

Hundreds of Liverpool girls 'mutilated' in African ritual

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05 Feb 2008

Sierra Leone government to ban female circumcision : minister

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05 Feb 2008

Kenya: Child abuse and Cheap Labour at IDP Camps

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05 Feb 2008

Liverpool: Horror of 'Tradition'

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05 Feb 2008

Liverpool: Women fight back with law's backing

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03 Feb 2008

Ignoring Girls' Welfare Carries High Price

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31 Jan 2008

Nigerian Woman Loses Battle Over Deportation

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24 Jan 2008

Judge in Lleida prevents a girl from being taken to Gambia for fear she may be subjected to female genital mutilation

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09 Jan 2008

Implications for the long-term care of women with fistula

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08 Jan 2008

"Silent Voices" - an exciting new collection of work by young British Somali writers including "The Gift" by Zahrah Awaleh

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