All posts tagged "world"

  • world health organization website
    INTERVIEW – It’s time to fight traditions that harm women’s health – WHO

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – http://www.trust.org Author: Magda Mis Some of the major health problems faced by women in developing countries are caused by “terrible” traditions that must be stopped, said the head of public health at...

    • Posted January 5, 2015
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    Thai woman fights for stateless after dodging life in brothels

    Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Thin Lei Win trust.org Srinuan “Aor” Saokhamnuan, who was born stateless in Thailand, holds up her new Thai identification card after authorities granted her citizenship in 2012. Photo taken by Joseph Quinnell...

    • Posted December 6, 2014
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  • maldives
    Confronting Horror in Paradise

    By staff writers at Avaaz When a 15-year-old rape survivor in the Maldives was sentenced to be flogged When a 15-year-old rape survivor in the Maldives was sentenced to be flogged for also allegedly having consensual sex...

    • Posted April 11, 2014
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    A Maasai Victory

    By staff writers at Avaaz For 20 years, the Tanzanian government has been trying to evict a Maasai community from its traditional lands to make room for a big game hunting company to bring in tourists to...

    • Posted April 11, 2014
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