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Children's Day Posts

by Rita Banerji | November 21, 2011 at 7:20 AM | India Cafe

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Drawing spaces her way

by dnayyar | October 22, 2011 at 12:22 AM

A sewing machine resounds from 9 in the morning to 7 at night. Colours change under the hands. The hands hardly ever seem to tire. … Read More»

Community Voices

In her letter to UN Women executive director Michelle Bachelet, Nigerian women’s rights advocate Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale decries practices that rob girls and women around the world of equal opportunities. Read More »

"My womb can only carry daughters and I would never trade them for any boys."

Married at Age 10, Reem Al Numery Speaks Out

by Tracey Samuelson

She was just 10 years old when she was married to a cousin who was three times her age. Now Reem Al Numery is divorced and fighting against child marriage. Read More »

I was a little girl. I was not fit for marriage, but I was poor.

Reem Al-Numery

India is home to 1/3 of the World's Child Brides

by Rita Banerji | November 15, 2010 at 10:49 PM | PulseWire Community Updates

The custom of child marriage is about 2000 years old in India. The Laws of Manu, an ancient revered text recommends that the age of the husband be about 3 times that of the bride. So for eg. … Read More»

End Child Marriage and Give Girls a Brighter Future

July 27, 2010

Child Marriage practices in Yemen caught widespread international attention with the story of 9-year-old Yemeni child bride Nujood Ali, now age 12.

Equality Now

Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world. Working with grassroots women’s and human

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Fight against forced and child marriages

by Bagirathi Ramanathan | June 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM

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Happiness in a Dirty War

by Lydia Cacho Ribeiro

In one of the most perilous countries to tell the truth, journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro risks her life to expose the web of corruption behind Mexico’s escalating drug war. Read More »

"While our government tells the world we belong in league with developed nations, we have been declared one of the world’s more dangerous countries."