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Protect Women's Rights and Stop Child Marriage in Morocco
Society & Culture  (tags: Morocco, abuse, child, children, girls, crime, culture, death, family, freedoms, law, murder, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, women )

G
- 3 days ago - forcechange.com
Morocco will soon vote to amend a law that would allow rapists to escape punishment by marrying their underage victims and increase the punishment for "corruption" of a minor. A proposed change in family law would also end child marriage: although the
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The Women's and Girls' Millennium Campaign Petition ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, women, girls, protection, health, rights )

Cher
- 29 days ago - www2.pathfinder.org
Join Pathfinder International in calling on world leaders to increase efforts to advance the sexual and reproductive rights and health of women and girls in developing countries.
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A Safer India for Women and Children ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, children, women, girls, rape, protection, India )

Cher
- 57 days ago - avaaz.org
April 19, 2013 A five year old girl was abducted and brutally raped in Delhi, by her neighbor for 48 hours. She had gone out to play with her friends when the man who lived in the same building kidnapped her and eventually left her unconscious and
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Petition! Stop the Incarceration & Possible Death Sentence for This Muslim Woman Who Only Demanded to Be Free of Islam's Oppress
Society & Culture  (tags: Amina, Tunisia, Islam, Oppression, Women, Girls, Topless, Death, Mental Hospital, abuse, family, freedoms, law, religion, society, safety, violence, women )

Rob and J
- 72 days ago - change.org
She posted a topless photo on FB & started a movement that gained many Muslim women joining in, protesting Islam's oppression of women. Now she has been put in a mental institution & a leading Muslim cleric is calling for her death. Please help save her.
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SHOCKING: 15-Year-Old Girl Raped, Police Dismiss the Case Because Victim and Attackers Have "Low IQs"
Society & Culture  (tags: rape, sexual assault, violence, women, girls, 15 yo girl, three boys, mentally challenged, handicapped, New York state, police, case dismissed, no justice, Martin De Porres Academy, Long Island, teacher present, nothing done )

Brian
- 125 days ago - alternet.org
"In some of the most disturbing and sickening news of the day, New York state police have decided that a 15-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by three boys was in fact not sexually assaulted because both she and the boys are mentally handicapped. "
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Unite With Us to Stop Child Marriage ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, children, girls, marriage, protection )

Cher
- 414 days ago - secure.globalproblems-globalsolutions.org
We need your help today to encourage Congress to pass International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2011 (S.414) to prevent this harmful practice that affects 10 million girls globally every year
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Help Jamaican Children Escape Sexual Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, Jamaica, girls, sexual abuse, child, children, crime, culture, ethics, family, rights, safety, violence, women )

G
- 633 days ago - thehungersite.com
Every day, Jamaican children are at risk of sexual abuse. In a developing country like Jamaica, the issue of child molestation isn't openly talked about or addressed as it is here in the United States. Because sexual abuse is thought to bring shame to a f
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Female Gendercide- 200 Million Girls "Missing"-Systematic Extermination of An Entire Gender ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, women, girls, gendercide, rights, environment )

Cher
- 662 days ago - change.org
Growing scarcity of girls and women has tilted the balance of the sexes and the rich and poor in nations where "gendercide" is practiced on a large scale.
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PETITION ALERT: Ban Child Beauty Pageants in Australia ! PLEASE SIGN !
Society & Culture  (tags: children, welfare, girls, beauty pageants, australia )

Simone
- 711 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
American- style beauty pageants which border on child abuse are being introduced in Australia. Let's make it clear that we do not want this. Beauty pageants are cruel, demeaning, and sexualising. Children need to be playing with their friends and family
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Study Shows Girls Increasingly Aborted in India
Society & Culture  (tags: Girls, women, world, society, female )

Anna
- 756 days ago - news.yahoo.com
More and more Indian families with one girl are aborting subsequent pregnancies when prenatal tests show another female is on the way, according to a new study.The decline in the number of girls is more pronounced in richer and better educated households,
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Invest in Women and Girls to Break the Cycle of Violence ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, women, girls, violence, protection, environment )

Cher
- 805 days ago - rescue.org
Investing in women and girls is wise if we are to build a safer, better, more peaceful world. A woman who is given a chance will invest 90% of her income into efforts that keep her family and children healthy, safe and going to school.
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Vogue Paris Thinks Little Girls Are Sexy
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, girls, magazines, photos, environment, protection )

Cher
- 891 days ago - womensrights.change.org
The photo shoot features young girls (five, six years old at the youngest?) with come-hither eyes, lounging on leopard-print pillows, stiletto-heeled and red-lipped, mimicking only the more sexualized poses one finds in fashion mags.
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Child Marriages !... PLEASE SIGN PETITION !
Society & Culture  (tags: children, girls, forced into marriage, child marriages, wordwide, cruelty, children rights, crime, government )

Simone
- 959 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Child marriage is illegal in France, but it is legal - and happening right now - in other countries around the world. No matter where it occurs, child marriage is horrifying and must be stopped. When young girls are forced into marriage,
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The Big Picture : Girl Effect ! Video!
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, girls, poverty, environment, protection )

Cher
- 974 days ago - girleffect.org
Girls living in poverty are uniquely capable of creating a better future. But when a girl reaches adolescence, she comes to a crossroads.
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Support Freedom Of Trafficking Victim Sara Kruzan ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, environment, women, girls, trafficking )

Cher
- 988 days ago - criminaljustice.change.org
Since the age of 9, Sara suffered from severe depression for which she was hospitalized several times. At the age of 11, she met a 31-year-old man named G.G. who molested her and began grooming her to become a prostitute.
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