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The human cost of sex trafficking

In the sex trade, the demand for young girls is high due to a belief that sex with children holds less risk of HIV infection, and, in fact, can cure the disease As the cust...

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Hollywood

Angelina Jolie Praises UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Winners

The 2014 winner of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award is the Colombian women’s rights group, Red Mariposas de Alas Nuevas Construyendo Futuro – or Butterflies w...

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Sustainable Development

Poverty Makes Minority Kids More Vulnerable To Abuse

Children belonging to minority communities face increased risk of maltreatment due to exposure to poverty, says a U.S.-based study.
Poverty – rather than biased ...

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Sustainable Development

ATM Machine Helps Indian Women Quietly Report Rape Without Going To The Police

In December, a 16-year-old girl in Calcutta was burned alive. Authorities believe she was targeted as punishment for reporting her gang-rape to the police. Two months earli...

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Sustainable Development

India's 'untouchable' scavengers

Rights group Human Rights Watch has called on the Indian government to end “manual scavenging” – the practice of cleaning human waste by low-caste communi...

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Movies

True Review: Mardaani

Critics rating: 2.5 STARS*

Written by: Gopi Puthran
       
Cast:...

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Hollywood

Hollywood human trafficking summit slams Roman Polanski, says stars can do more

If Hollywood wants to do more than give lip service to the issue of human trafficking and a worldwide pandemic of child rape, it can start by disowning Oscar-winning direct...

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Hollywood

AnnaLynne McCord And Corey Feldman Help Mark World Day Against Human Trafficking

On Thursday, July 24 2014, celebrities, leaders in the entertainment industry and respected members of the community joined survivors of domestic violence and human traffic...

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Sustainable Development

Over one lakh suicides in India every year, report says

Over 1, 00,000 people commit suicides in India every year on an average. The number of suicides in the past decade has recorded an increase of 21.6 per cent, said a governm...

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Hollywood

Kate del Castillo Says No To Animal Circuses In Mexico City

Mexico City is poised to ban the use of animals in circuses, with the recently passed bill just awaiting Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera’s signature—and in a ...

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