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Rates of Sexual Abuse of India's Children Shockingly High

by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

October 12, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

With over 35 million homeless children in India, and shelters for only 36,000 of them, children's lives can be precariously balanced and sexual abuse is widespread. But even those living at home are not always safe.

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Giving Girls a Choice and a Chance

by Beth Fredrick, International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)

May 20, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Legislation to prevent child marriage around the globe was just introduced in both the House and Senate that will give girls who are married too young a choice and a chance.

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No "Safe Haven" in New Nebraska Law

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

November 25, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

"Safe haven" laws don't do much to reduce the rates of infanticide, but they do give anti-choicers cover for their argument that forcing women to give birth against their will is no big deal.

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India Lags in Addressing Child Mortality

by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

August 26, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Sixty percent of the under-five deaths in India occur in just five states. An Indian child's chance of celebrating the fifth birthday clearly depends on the state or community it is born into.

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Colombia Confronts Female Genital Mutilation

by Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

August 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Until 2007, Colombians believed that female genital mutilation was a practice unique to some African countries. But last year we learned that it has long been practiced by one of Colombia's aboriginal groups.

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What Does Youth Participation in HIV/AIDS Strategy Mean? Collaboration.

by Brian Ackerman, Advocates for Youth

June 24, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Thanks to youth participation in the the 2008 UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, the Civil Society Declaration emphasized youth vulnerability and young people's concerns.

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Adoption Institute Proposes New Parameters for Transracial Adoption

by Emily Douglas

May 28, 2008 - 4:35pm (Print)

Current federal law mandates a "color blind" approach to white families seeking to adopt African-American children -- but new recommendations released Tuesday by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute suggest a different approach.

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Child Marriage: We Have Solutions

by Kathy Selvaggio, International Center for Research on Women

May 20, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

We know what works to increase age of marriage in communities where child marriage is common. So why are so few Republicans backing legislation to support those development programs?

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Parental Rights for Rapists?

by Sara Ainsworth, Northwest Women's Law Center

April 10, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)

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

by Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean

March 4, 2008 - 7:48am (Print)

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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