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Try Oyster Women Association boosted

Friday, April 11, 2008

Mrs Fatou Janha Mboob, the coordinator of Try Oyster Women Association (TOWA), on Tuesday donated uniforms to oyster sellers along the...

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SWAZILAND: Every third woman sexually abused as a child, says report

africa » swaziland » mbabane

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Friday, April 11, 2008

One in three Swazi women has suffered some form of sexual abuse as a child; one in four experienced physical violence, a new United Nations survey...

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SOMALIA: Raising awareness against FGM in Puntland

africa » somalia » bosasso

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Halima [not her real name], a mother of five girls, shudders whenever she remembers how she suffered after undergoing female genital mutilation...

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4H donates to Niaw

africa » gambia » central river region

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

4H The Gambia, recently donated fishing materials and a bicycle to Niaw Regional Committee in CRR at a ceremony held at Manna Village. 4H The...

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SUDAN: Human Rights Watch calls on government to end sexual violence in Darfur

africa » sudan » darfur region

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The Sudanese government and rebel groups in the war-ravaged Darfur region should immediately take measures to end the sexual violence endemic to the...

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CAR: Struggling to undo the damage of sexual violence

africa » central african republic » bossangoa

Saturday, April 05, 2008

The Monam group of rape survivors in the northern town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic (CAR) does what it can to keep going, but morale...

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Swiss parliamentarian in town

Africa » Gambia

Friday, April 04, 2008

Mrs Maria Roth-Bernasconi, a member of the Switzerland Parliament and Mrs Elsbeth Muller, executive director of the Swiss Community for UNICEF, are...

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