Human trafficking, sexual abuse, exploitation: 'Loss and damage' fund will not compensate, says researcher
(In this article, aliases are used to protect people's identity.)
(In this article, aliases are used to protect people's identity.)
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child marriages.
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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Rates of child marriage increase in communities displaced by conflict as well as communities affected by natural and environmental disasters.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2023
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650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That's one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa's sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2022
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There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia.
Environment
May 4, 2022
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In many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can consent to sex, leading to situations where sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married spouses from their ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2022
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An article published in Campbell Systematic Reviews summarizes evidence from 82 studies from low- and middle- income countries to identify programs that may help to improve girls' education outcomes and narrow gender disparities.
Education
Jan 20, 2022
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The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the highest rate of child marriage, with nearly four in 10 girls married ...
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2021
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Something big is happening with babies in Chile—and it's at the heart of a unique study into what it means to be born to married versus unmarried parents.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2021
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Sexuality education is not a new phenomenon in formal curricula. Sweden, a country credited as the fountain of modern sexuality education programs, has provided this form of education for more than a century. Diverse forms ...
Education
Apr 12, 2021
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