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Skateistan- bringing a whole new level of radical to Afghan Girls

One of the most amazing schools in Afghanistan is a co-ed skateboarding school... This is an incredibly successful program that as inspired and empowered many…

Oxford child sex gang victim tells her story

The belated conviction of seven men who groomed and sexually abused children in Oxford reveals an appalling failure of care, as council boss vows to stay on.

Liberia: Justice for Ruth Berry Peal

It is over three years since Ruth Berry Peal was kidnapped and forcibly subjected to FGM in Bomi County, Western Liberia. In January 2010, she had an argument…

Naana Otoo-Oyortey Defends Strong Stance Against FGM by UK Legal Chief

The Director of Public Prosections suggested to an audience in Islington that charges of child abuse should be brought against practitioners of female genital…

Blighted lives of India's child coalminers

India has numerous laws to prevent children working in coal mines. Yet tens of thousands of them still do, in atrociously unsafe conditions.

Child protection a low priority in Indonesia

Efforts to protect children in Indonesia from abuse are obstructed by barriers to crime reporting, which may worsen with the threatened closure of police-run…

Cameroon: Breast Ironing - A crime by women against women

As a teenager, I witnessed a lot of cases of breast ironing... It is still very common in the rural areas of Cameroon. This makes it seem 'normal' in the eyes…

Iraq Ten Years On: What You Don’t Hear!

Social workers and psychiatrists have long warned that failure to properly rehabilitate and care for traumatised children, particularly those who have lost…

Child 'bombers', aged between 10 and 17, detained by police in Pakistan

"Some of the children said they did not know what the packets contained and what they are doing... They said they were happy they would get a small amount of…

International Women's Day: school is 'the new front line of feminism'

Between studying for her GCSEs and practising the viola, Lili Evans has made some "feminist bracelets" to celebrate International Women's Day on Friday. Before…

Teenager makes history in Kenya

Nineteen-year-old Kibiwott Munge has made history in Kenya by winning a county assembly seat

Equality Now: Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation - Finally We Are Making Real Progress

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a global abuse of children, which has already affected 100-140 million women and girls around the world. Equality Now has…

Adopted Child's Death In U.S. Prompts Outrage In Russia

Russian officials on Tuesday accused a Texas woman of fatally beating a 3-year-old boy she had adopted from Russia, setting off a new wave of outrage in a…

Teen Girls Invent Urine-Powered Generator to Tackle Nigeria’s Energy Problems

Four teenage girls have invented a urine-powered generator to create safer and more access to electricity. "I was sad about how people died while trying to…

Girls in Cages

Diana Scimone - 'Girls in Cages'

“Do you see those cages in the second-floor windows?” my contact asked me. “Cages? What are they for?” I replied, certain I did not want to know. “They hold little…

Worthless Daughters

“People don't want daughters because they are not helpful to the family -· they leave the family when they marry. Daughters are useless! Unworthy! It is sons…

A Very Public Execution: The Hanging of Alireza Molla-Soltani

'A truly shocking and heartrending video, but maybe it's the only way to wake the world up to whats happening. Awareness is the first step in ending…