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NORTH KORODFAN STATE, Sudan – "One of the most difficult experiences during the war involved a mother who delivered triplets, all of whom were premature and required intensive care," said Dr. Hasan Babikir, in Sudan’s...
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SANA'A, Yemen – Bushra Ahmed Al-Burai is a mother of six and – in one of the world’s most restrictive countries for women’s rights - a gender equality champion and a successful entrepreneur.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon – "Mariam just turned two a few days ago, but this is already her second displacement," explained her mother Nadia*, who was sheltering with her family at Sin El Fil school in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
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NAIROBI, Kenya – Around the world, legal systems are failing to deliver justice for women and girls who experience violence. And this is especially true when it comes to violence facilitated by technology, a phenomenon...
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GAZA, The Occupied Palestinian Territory – "When my aunt asked for my hand in marriage for her son, my father agreed immediately," said Amal*, from Khan Younis in southern Gaza. But the ceremony wasn’t a happy one – at...
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JONGLEI STATE, South Sudan – "I left at night, crawling to avoid the crossfire," said Rachiel, a mother of seven from Baidit, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. "It took me two days to reach safety – I arrived with nothing...
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the world goes digital, so does the ancient practice of child marriage.
Even as the Internet delivers knowledge about human rights directly to people’s screens, even as...
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KYIV, Ukraine – "We had already started surgery – a Caesarean-section," recalled Nataliia Heints, a senior doctor at the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre. "But at the beginning of the operation, the electricity went out....
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UNITED NATIONS , New York – Female genital mutilation is known to be a violation of women’s and girls’ fundamental rights and to cause deep, lasting and often life-threatening physical and mental harm.
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ALEPPO, Syrian Arab Republic – When fighting intensified near her neighbourhood in Aleppo, in northern Syria, Fatima and her family had to run. Now eight months pregnant and sheltering in a makeshift camp, the mother of...
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BREBES/SERANG/GARUT, Indonesia – "Inclusivity is not a luxury," said Rita, a counsellor who works with women and children in need of protection in Serang, on the island of Java in Indonesia. "It is a necessity."
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NORTH DARFUR STATE, Sudan – "In El Fasher, I couldn’t have any health check-ups because there were no hospitals left near us," said Zainab, 26, who was pregnant during describing a brutal siege that lasted 18 months in...
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