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Parental Rights for Rapists?

Sara Ainsworth, Northwest Women's Law Center on April 10, 2008 - 9:44am
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For the thousands of women in the United States who become pregnant and bear children as a result of rape each year, the need to ensure that they can raise their children without further threat from the rapist is a critical - and largely unacknowledged - concern.


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Child Brides: In Jamaica, Too

Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean on March 4, 2008 - 8:48am
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Although ideas regarding men's right to ownership over 'their' women in intimate relationships can be found across communities, the practice of cohabitation between under-aged females and older men is predominantly found in communities marked by poverty.


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Children's Rights: Stop the Exploitation

Cecile Enie on December 28, 2007 - 9:26am
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In Cameroon, like in most African countries, children are seen heavy-laden with items to sell around parks and markets. Made to work hard labor and long hours which in some cases extend late into the night, often they are brutalized -- in the guise of correction.


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