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Yemen: Freedom Flower ‘Has Withered Away’
(Originally published: 2008)Uganda: Obstetric Fistula Queues Grow Longer by the Day
(Originally published: 2008)USA: Polygamists Investigated for Abuse
(Originally published: 2008)Saudi Arabia: Saudi Activists and Clerics Demand End to Child Marriage
(Originally published: 2008)Tanzania: Women’s Bank in Pipeline
(Originally published: 2008)USA: Council May Show Support for Federal Visa Program
(Originally published: 2008)Egypt: Grass-Roots Effort in Egypt Fights ‘Cutting’ Girls
(Originally published: 2008)A Look at Female Circumcision
(Originally published: 2008)It is estimated that 70 million girls and women across 27 countries in Africa and Middle Eastern countries have undergone FGM
Yemen: Early Marriage Still Damaging Lives of Young Girls
(Originally published: 2008)Four women and girls share their experiences with child marriage. They discuss seeking divorce, having children and education.
Tanzania: Public Appeal to Stop Growing Maternal Deaths
(Originally published: 2008)Human rights activists appeal for better antenatal care in Tanzania in order to prevent obstetric fistulas and childbirth mortality after staggering figures surface.
Nigeria: Lagos Moves to Check Child, Maternal Deaths
(Originally published: 2008)Lagos State, Nigeria, to introduce two-day International Obstetric-Drill, a training initiative for doctors, nurses and midwives, to bring a stop to child and maternal deaths.