Child marriage is still common in the DRC: What's driving it and how to encourage change
Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice.
Despite international efforts to eliminate child marriage, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to have high rates of this harmful practice.
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It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically proven this isn't just ...
General Physics
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Education
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Political science
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Space Exploration
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Plants & Animals
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Biochemistry
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Molecular & Computational biology
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Ecology
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Paleontology & Fossils
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