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World News tagged with girls

Sign Petition: End Domestic Violence in the Muslim World
World  (tags: world, middle-east, sharia, law, africa, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 108 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Assaults on women and young girls, especially domestic violence, acid attacks, honor killings, FGM and forced marriage that have become a growing problem in some Muslim countries, are barbaric, inhumane and completely contrary to Islamic teachings.
26 comments
Pakistan Moves to Outlaw Domestic Violence
World  (tags: world, middle-east, pakistan, muslim, domestic, violence, humiliation, beatings, mutilation, flogging, rape, honor, killing, stoning, acid, attacks, FGM, lashes, women, girls, human, rights, freedom, abuse, cruelty )

Tom
- 108 days ago - google.com
Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines. The law, passed unanimously, was called a "big day" for Pakistani women.
9 comments
Sign Petition: Tell Congress to Help Afghan Girls
World  (tags: world, afghanistan, usa, war, troops, obama, politics, military, government, americans, girls, rights, freedoms, culture, family, education, health, food, protection, medicine, safety )

Tom
- 144 days ago - thehungersite.com
Schools torched. Classrooms hit with poison gas. Acid thrown in their faces. Girls risk life and limb to learn even as attacks by insurgents mount. You can help: The Afghan Women Empowerment Act would fund educational opportunities and keep them safe.
33 comments
Desperate Plight of Nepal 'Slave Girls'
World  (tags: world, children, slavery, girls, orphans, poverty, rape, cruelty, money, education, human rights, freedom, nepal )

Tom
- 264 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
In the undergrowth, 13-year-old Junu Shrestha hacks away to gather fodder for her landlady's cattle. When she has collected a pile bigger than herself, she hoists it on her back and fixes it with a headband. She trudges back to the house, 20 minutes away.
6 comments
End Violence Against Women ACT NOW!
World  (tags: world, violence, HumanRights, ethics, WOMEN, girls, children'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Lauren
- 630 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Senator Joseph Biden and Senator Richard Lugar recently introduced bipartisan legislation, called the International Violence Against Women Act (S.2279), which would make ending violence against women a key priority in U.S. foreign assistance programs.
8 comments
Killers Share Smile Over Grisly Murder - Australia
World  (tags: australia, wa, western australia, murder, girls, teenagers, lovers )

Chrissy
- 669 days ago - theage.com.au
Two lesbian killers who murdered a 16-year-old girl for being annoying smiled at each other today as a Perth court was told it took their victim half an hour to die. Jessica Ellen Stasinowsky, 20, and her girlfriend Valerie Paige Parashumti, 19, pleaded g
14 comments
Tell Congress to Support Education for All
World  (tags: education, lesislation, girls, women, families, world, end poverty, children )

Lauren
- 681 days ago - care.org
Providing basic education to girls has tremendous positive effects in areas like public health and economic growth. Over the years, the benefits reach families, communities and countries as a whole.
6 comments
Act Now to Stop Violence Against Women TAKE ACTION
World  (tags: DRC, Democratic Republic Congo, Biden, Lugar, women, girls, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', africa, crime, death, children, corruption, ethics, government, war )

Lauren
- 681 days ago - my.care.org
The IVAWA will increase U.S. leadership in responding to the violence suffered by women and girls in the DRC and around the world. Please urge your representatives to support the IVAWA today.
5 comments
Unlock $5.00 for CARE.Org FREE TO YOU!
World  (tags: CARE.org, education, liberation, girls, women, families, epowerment, GOOD NEWS )

Lauren
- 681 days ago - my.care.org
Click 'visit site' and unlock $5.00 to CARE.org to help educate and empower girls around the world. FREE TO YOU! Then spread the word and tell a friend!
14 comments
Girl, 12, Hanged for Wanting to Go to School - World - Brisbanetimes.Com.Au
World  (tags: india, violence, children, crime, schools, boys, girls )

Samuel
- 831 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
A 12-year-old Indian girl was beaten and then hanged by her mother for demanding she be sent to school. The girl was beaten unconscious with a rolling pin by her mother in a village in Jodhpur district in the western desert state of Rajasthan this month.
7 comments
Back To School in Southern Sudan; Suku's Story - Photo Essay
World  (tags: Girls, Women, education, GoodNews, HumanRights, children )

Lauren
- 832 days ago - unicef.org
July 2007: One year after the Government of Southern Sudan launched its 'Go To School' initiative, enrolment has increased to 850,000 and more than one-third of all students are girls. To-date, only one per cent of girls have completed primary school but
5 comments
Say No To The Execution Of Women And Girls Now !
World  (tags: women, girls, executions )


- 866 days ago - edmontonsun.com
It is time that the world demand and end to the execution of women and girls !
10 comments
A Testimony on Female Genital Mutilation in India
World  (tags: FGM, FGC, India, girls, women, human rights, mutilation, abuse )

Lauren
- 935 days ago - stopfgmc.org
"I hope you will publish this letter to let others know that women suffer greatly from this practice,not only in Africa,but in other countries.Women need to break the silence,support one another in this effort so our daughters will have brighter futures"
21 comments
Stoning An International Womens Rights Issue Not U.S Policy
World  (tags: Womens Rights, Violence, World, Stoning, Honou, Rkilling, Sdelara, Iran, Muslim, Shariah, Law, Girls, Children, Rapes, Sex, Men )


- 937 days ago - womensenews.org
WeNews commentator Stop Stoning Forever is a campaign to end the Iranian law making stoning a legal punishment for adultery. Soheila Vahdati says this new push needs American popular support, but should not be confused with official U.S. policy towar
3 comments
   

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