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The Every Day "Jaycee's"

Reader diary posted by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm

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Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.


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"Instant Marriage" in India Another Result of Gender Discrimination

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

July 20, 2009 - 8:00am

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Movement or displacement of women after marriage in India is a phenomenon commonly linked to issues of exploitation and trafficking of women.

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Muslim Leaders Defend Marriage by Choice

By Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

March 13, 2008 - 8:48am

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In India, women -- viewed as either the husband's or father's property -- cannot make decisions about their own marriages. But a new decision made by Muslim bodies and Islamic scholars says that under Sharia law, a woman cannot be married against her will.


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