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Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN
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Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN

Shamima Begum, a Britain-born individual who had made her way to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) when she was 15 in 2015, is currently fighting a legal case in the United Kingdom to challenge the removal of her British citizenship in 2019. Shamima and two of her friends, Amira Abase and Khadiza Sultana…

Storyteller's resolve to end child labour – The Standard
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Storyteller's resolve to end child labour – The Standard

International Philanthropist Len Morris during an interview at African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) Regional office in Nairobi on November 22nd, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] More than 27 years after he set his feet in Kenya, Len Morris did not know his pursuit to document stories about child…

Stakeholders Advocate Elimination of Violence Against Women – Voice of Nigeria
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Stakeholders Advocate Elimination of Violence Against Women – Voice of Nigeria

Stakeholders Advocate Elimination Of Violence Against Women By Olubunmi Osoteku, Ibadan On Nov 26, 2022  Gender issue advocates have campaigned for a collaborative effort to reduce instances of violence against women and girls. They are also advocating fo women to stop engaging in violent acts, as the world celebrated the International Day of Elimination of Violence…

Carla Bruni lambasts latest French MeToo scandal – News – Khaleej Times
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Carla Bruni lambasts latest French MeToo scandal – News – Khaleej Times

The famous singer and wife of ex-president Sarkozy accuses the newspaper, Liberation, of flouting the presumption of innocence, ‘one of the foundations of our democracy’ Published: Fri 25 Nov 2022, 8:01 PM Former French first lady Carla Bruni lashed out on Friday against media coverage of France’s latest MeToo scandal involving an actor in her…

Zimbabwean Multimillionaire Frank Buyanga Attacked In SA Prison – iHarare
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Zimbabwean Multimillionaire Frank Buyanga Attacked In SA Prison – iHarare

Zimbabwean multimillionaire Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has reportedly been attacked in prison. Frank Buyanga who was arrested earlier this month in South Africa was reportedly attacked in a Johannesburg remand prison by other inmates. The Herald reports that following his attack, he is now currently seeking to be transferred to another prison as he awaits his bail…

Philippines: UN expert to examine sale and exploitation of children issues – OHCHR
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Philippines: UN expert to examine sale and exploitation of children issues – OHCHR

GENEVA (25 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh, will visit the Philippines from 28 November to 8 December 2022. The Special Rapporteur will examine the protection of children against sexual exploitation, child…

Probe into sexual assault leads to rescue of two children from firecracker unit (Krishnankovil, India)
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Probe into sexual assault leads to rescue of two children from firecracker unit (Krishnankovil, India)

Express News Service VIRUDHUNAGAR:  Officials from the district task force, including the child welfare committee, anti-child trafficking unit, and child protection unit, rescued two children employed at a firework unit at Kaatakulam Panchayat in Krishnankovil on Wednesday evening. Speaking to TNIE, N Selvakumar, a member of the welfare committee said the issue came to light…

Probe into four bodies found intensifies | The Herald
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Probe into four bodies found intensifies | The Herald

Crime Reporter POLICE have intensified investigations into circumstances surrounding the death of four foreigners whose bodies were found near Suswe Pass in Mudzi on Tuesday. The four, whose identities are unknown, are believed to have suffocated in a container used by human traffickers before their bodies were dumped at the side of the Harare-Nyamapanda Road….

Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan – The Hindu
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Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan – The Hindu

On a sunny November afternoon in Banjaras, a tribal hamlet in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, 17-year-old Pooja Banjara sports a smile when asked what she aspires to be in life. Seated on a cot laid out on the mud porch of her brick house, she picks up her cell phone and reveals her WhatsApp profile picture,…

Event under TBBT project organised – The Arunachal Times
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Event under TBBT project organised – The Arunachal Times

MANMAW, 22 Nov: The India chapter of Plan International, under ‘The Birds and the Bees Talk (TBBT)’ project, launched by Reckitt, organised an event to commemorate the International Children’s Day at the government secondary school here in Namsai district on Tuesday. Namsai Circle Officer Mihin Anku, who attended the event, said that, for inclusive development…