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One girl under 15 is married every seven seconds, new Save the Children research says
October 17, 2016 · By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith for www.independent.co.uk
One girl under 18 is married every two seconds Every seven seconds a girl under the age of 15 is married, according to new research by Save the Children. The ‘Every Last Girl’ report from the charity shows that girls as young as 10 years old are being forced to marry men, often much older […]
Read More...Dear friends of the fine arts
October 13, 2016 ·
Dear friends of the fine arts, The German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Gerd Müller is host of my exhibition “Stand up for their Rights” in the Ministery of economic Cooperation and Development in Berlin. He opened the exhibition himself and accompanied the whole exhibition. Moreover he unveiled the most important Picture […]
Read More...Facebook revenge pornography trial ‘could open floodgates’
October 11, 2016 · By Alexandra Topping for www.theguardian.com
Case of 14-year-old taking social network to court over naked picture has already resulted in others seeking legal advice A legal case against Facebook, which will involve a 14-year-old taking the company to court in Belfast over naked images published on the social network, could open the floodgates for other civil claims, according to lawyers […]
Read More...2016 Trafficking in Persons Report
October 11, 2016 ·
The Philippines is a source country and, to a lesser extent, a destination and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. An estimated 10 million Filipinos work abroad, and a significant number of these migrant workers are subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor—predominantly via debt bondage—in the […]
Read More...Paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning who ‘offered boy to BBC colleague’ jailed for 13 years
October 10, 2016 · By Telegraph Reporters for www.telegraph.co.uk
Chris Denning, the disgraced Radio 1 DJ, has been jailed for 13 years as it emerged he “offered” one of his victims to another BBC presenter who replied that he “didn’t do that sort of thing”. The prolific paedophile, 75, used his fame to sexually abuse dozens of young boys in the 1960s, ’70s and […]
Read More...Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad becomes UN goodwill ambassador
September 27, 2016 · By Middle East for www.bbc.com
A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by so-called Islamic State militants is to be appointed a UN ambassador. Nadia Murad, who is also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will become the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. Her “appointment marks the first time a survivor of atrocities […]
Read More...Slavery reports rise fivefold, Salvation Army says
September 27, 2016 · By Mat Trewern for www.bbc.com
The Salvation Army says it has seen nearly a fivefold rise in the number of slavery victims it has helped in England and Wales since 2012. The charity says it supported 1,805 people from April 2015 to March 2016. By comparison, it had 378 referrals between July 2011 and June 2012 – its first year […]
Read More...Duterte: My mouth can’t bring down PH
September 26, 2016 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.com
To investors worried about his public pronouncements, he says: ‘Lumayas kayo’ (Leave MANILA, Philippines – He may curse at world leaders and threaten criminals, but President Rodrigo Duterte insists his mouth can’t bring down the country. “Do not keep complaining about my mouth because my mouth is not the problem. It cannot bring down a […]
Read More...PHILIPPINES: CHURCH ELDER’S BRUTAL MURDER LEAVES CHILDREN ORPHANED
September 19, 2016 · By www.releaseinternational.org
Naomi and her brother, Joseph, are all alone and in need of help. Their father has just been brutally murdered, leaving this 12-year-old girl and her ten-year-old brother as orphans. Their father, Perfecto, was apparently killed for his faith and his work as a church elder. Their mother left to work abroad years ago – […]
Read More...Violent crimes against women in England and Wales reach record high
September 8, 2016 · By Sandra Laville for www.theguardian.com
Director of public prosecutions says use of social media to threaten and control is driving factor behind 10% rise in number of cases to 117,568 in 2015-16 The number of prosecutions relating to violence against women and girls in England and Wales reached a record level last year, the director of public prosecutions said, as […]
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