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  • Published on Apr 23, 2025

    Forced marriages steal future from some girls

    SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): In a quiet corner of Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, 20-year-old Sabera reflects on her life altered by forced marriage. Deprived of education and subjected to physical abuse, she now pleads with families not to …

    Source: Pajhwok Afghan News - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 22, 2025

    Woman didn't recognise herself in the mirror after what this man did to her

    18:03, 22 Apr 2025Updated 19:32, 22 Apr 2025 A jealous, controlling boyfriend repeatedly kicked his then girlfriend in the head, leaving her "covered in blood". Jake Inglesby, 33, abused and bullied his girlfriend throughout their three-year …

    Source: Liverpool Echo - Center-left
  • Published on Apr 20, 2025

    The Lives and Human Rights of North Korean Women

    Sun 20 Apr 2025 | 01:34 PM In North Korea, women are referred to as “one wheel of the revolutionary cart.” A popular song titled “Women Are Flowers” describes women as “the flowers of the nation.” The country commemorates November 3rd as “Mother’s Day” to …

    Source: Sada Elbalad - Gov't Propaganda
  • Published on 02:18 GMT

    I was brutally raped by the man I'd been forced to marry to save my mother. And that was just the start of the horror: A ...

    For brides around the world, their wedding day is meant to be a magic moment, often filled with family, friends and fond memories. But for Gul, then a 23-year-old model in Shanghai, it was among the darkest of days. ‘When I had the wedding, it felt like a …

    Source: Daily Mail - Right-wing
  • Published on Apr 23, 2025

    Akarigbo, Others Back Establishment Of  Palace Gender-Based Violence Desks In Remoland 

    Traditional rulers in Remoland have renewed their commitment to fight against all forms of gender-based violence in their communities. Led by the  Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, CFR, the monarchs also promised to …

    Source: Daily Independent - Pending
  • Published on Apr 23, 2025

    Stakeholders call for gender-based violence desks in palaces

    Stakeholders, including traditional rulers have called for a gender-based violence desks in palaces in order to address inhuman treatment on women and the girl child.  This formed part of the communique issued at the end of the town hall meeting hosted by …

    Source: Blueprint Newspapers Limited - Pending
  • Published on Apr 21, 2025

    Children being adopted overseas, trafficked to work in NZ

    Stock photo. Photo: 123RF Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. A 12-year-old boy adopted and moved to New Zealand to work despite his adopted 'father' having previous abuse convictions Children adopted overseas have been …

    Source: RNZ - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Apr 21, 2025

    Violence against children: Rights commission restates growing concern ov...

    This was during the 45th session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. The gathering took place from April 7 to 12. It brought together experts and leaders from across the continent.  He revealed that children are …

    Source: The Guardian Post - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 23, 2025

    5 unexpected sexual beliefs in the Bible that might surprise you

    I used to think the Bible was pretty cut and dry when it came to sex: no premarital sex, no adultery, and definitely no funny business outside marriage. But something about that didn’t sit right with me. So, I dug deeper, and I found some shocking, bizarre …

    Source: Pulse - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 23, 2025

    EU Funds Islamist Indoctrination in Pakistani Schools

    Between 2016 and 2024, the European Union spent upwards of €150 million on education in Pakistan, according to a 2024 report entitled Pakistan, Education System, Curriculum and EU Funding, authored by Sallux/ECPM (the European Christian Political …

    Source: The European Conservative - Right-wing
  • Published on Apr 19, 2025

    SC Associate Justice Singh elected president of International Association of Women Judges

    Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh has been unanimously elected as next president of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) for 2027-2029 term during its biennial conference held last this month in Cape Town, South …

    Source: Manila Bulletin - Pro-Government
  • Published on Apr 18, 2025

    Italian court upholds life sentence for parents of Pakistani woman killed by her family

    ROME (AP) — An Italian appeals court Friday upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused an arranged marriage. The case shocked many Ital ians and became a …

    Source: Associated Press - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 22, 2025

    Betrothed before birth, her choice never counted

    BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): In remote mountains of central Bamyan province, a mother recounts the heartbreaking tale of her daughter, whose fate was sealed even before birth by a family promise — a primitive tradition still practiced in parts of Afghanistan. In …

    Source: Pajhwok Afghan News - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 22, 2025

    Votes for 16-year-olds is still a horrible idea

    There was relief in many quarters when Labour’s manifesto promise to give 16- and 17-year-olds the vote in all UK elections was left out of the King’s Speech last July. Alas, it now appears to be back on the agenda. Last week, prime minister Keir Starmer …

    Source: Spiked - Right-wing
  • Published on Apr 22, 2025

    War in Sudan: More than 30 dead in artillery fire in Darfur

    Paramilitary artillery fire on the besieged town of El-Facher in Darfur, western Sudan, has left more than 30 dead and dozens injured, a local resistance committee reported Monday. The attack, which took place on Sunday, involved “heavy artillery fire” and …

    Source: Sene News - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 21, 2025

    Stop worrying about cousin marriage

    In 1870, Charles Darwin, tormented by the idea that his marriage to his first cousin might be the cause of his children’s ill health, asked his friend Sir John Lubbock to take the matter to Parliament. Lubbock was to propose that the national census …

    Source: Unherd - Center-right
  • Published on Apr 21, 2025

    The Education Crisis in MENA and the Sahel Region

    One in three children is out of school in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), leaving an estimated 30 million children between the ages of 5 and 18 without access to formal education. Access to schooling in the area had been improving over the last …

    Source: McGill International Review - Neutral
  • Published on Apr 21, 2025

    2.3K lives lost: Iraq's grim toll of human trafficking

    2025-04-21T10:55:15+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ The number of human trafficking victims in Iraq has reached 2,300 over the past three years, with authorities dismantling over 1,800 criminal networks and individuals involved in …

    Source: Shafaq News - Indeterminate
  • Published on Apr 20, 2025

    The gothic deception: fear and morality in Clermont

    Clermont was originally published in 1798 by Lane’s Minerva Press. It is now best known for being one of the “horrid novels” listed in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Horrid in the sense of being shocking, corrupting, and morally undermining. Yet, in …

    Source: Meer - Neutral

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