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5 February 2016
Flight from Syria: The story of one child bride
In late 2013, Haneen, now 14, fled Syria with her parents and 10 siblings. As her family made its way to the Turkish border, her father sustained injuries that left him paralyzed. Fearing he could no longer feed his 11...
3 February 2016
Changing the dialogue: Speaking out against female genital mutilation in Indonesia
“There really is no religious postulate for female circumcision, neither from the Al Quran nor from the prophet’s sayings,” said Indonesia’s former First Lady Sinta Nuriyah Wahid’s, as she explained to the attendees of...
27 January 2016
Educating youth about sexual and reproductive health on the beaches of Senegal
On a hot summer day in December 2015, Khady, a quiet 19-year-old, approached a lively crowd of Senegalese youth gathered on a beach in Keur Massar, a development near Dakar. She listened attentively as representatives...
11 January 2016
Young South Sudanese actors and athletes take on violence, HIV
The carnage Mike Marchar witnessed has stayed with him. But there is one thing that takes his mind off those horrors: football.
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