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No Country for Women

Elcin Poyrazlar | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Turkey, Violence Against Women, Honor Killings, Women's Rights, Child Brides, Female Representation, World News

I live in Istanbul, a mega-city, so I can't really say whether it is more conservative or religious. But there is certainly an air of submission where without being told, you have the instinct to shut your mouth.

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Maternal Death, Equality, Women, Gender Bias, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Equity, Pay Equity, We Are Equals, Food Scarcity, Feminization of Poverty, Occupy Wall Street, Child Brides, Male Rights Movement, Girl Slaves, Patriarchy, Property, Gender, Starvation, Girl Effect, Oprah Winfrey, Half the Sky, Property Rights, Sex Slaves, Sexism, Slavery, Forbes, Stoning, Women News

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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Mary Robinson and The Elders Make Child Marriage Prevention a Top Priority

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Girls Not Brides, The Elders, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child Marriage, The Elders Child Marriage, The Elders Girls Not Brides, Child Brides, Girls Not Brides Platform, Impact News

Working to bring together non-governmental agencies from around the world, Girls Not Brides is confronting a practice that prohibits 10 million girls -- annually -- of the right to an education, health, and security.

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U.N. Week Announces "Girls Not Brides"

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Girls, United Nations Foundation, Women, Girls Not Brides, Child Brides, The Elders, Impact News

While the practice of child marriage has been rooted in the traditions of many communities for generations and has remained largely unchallenged, this is all about to change.

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Girls Just Want to be Girls

Monika Mitchell | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Empowering Women, Gender Equality, Desmond Tutu, Jennifer Buffett, Clinton Global Initiative, Child Brides, Child Marriage, Mary Robinson, Impact News

The issue of child marriage and the work of "Girls Not Brides" -- announced yesterday at the Clinton Global Initiative -- highlight the challenges ahead for gender advancement.

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New Global Campaign Takes Aim at Child Marriage

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Girls Not Brides, The Elders, Elders Girls Not Brides, Girls Not Brides Elders, Children, Girls Not Brides the Elders, Child Brides, The Elders Girls Not Brides, Child Marriage, Impact News

The Elders, an organization of eminent global leaders first convened by Nelson Mandela, have announced the launch of a major global initiative dedicated to ending child marriage within a generation.

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Polygamist Leader Could Face Life In Prison

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Texas, Polygamist Leader, Polygamist Compound, Eldorado, Yearning for Zion Ranch, Flds, Mormon, Warren Jeffs, Child Brides, Child Sexual Assault, Crime News

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs recorded everything he said. Thousands of pages, written with Biblical flourish, about God wa...

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Inside The Secret World Of Child Brides

Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia@Depressing, Child Brides, Child Marriage, Civil Rights, Early Marriage Rates, World News

In the June issue of National Geographic, writer Cynthia Gorney takes an in-depth look at the illicit, heartbreaking world of child brides. Though the...

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Child Brides Flogged In Afghanistan For Running Away From Illegal Marriages

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan War, Fazil Ahad Khan, Women's Rights, Marriage, Abuse, Afghanistan, Ghor Province, Taliban, Child Brides, Underage, Culture, World News

The ordeal of Afghanistan's child brides illustrates an uncomfortable truth. What in most countries would be considered a criminal offense is in many ...

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Yemen's Sacrificial Child Brides

Madeline Wheeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unicef, Nujood Ali, Elham Madhin, Yemen, Child Brides, Ann Veneman, Fawziya Ammodi, Facts for Life, Cnn, Committee on the Rights of the Child, World News

Widespread child marriage in Yemen is essentially legalized, sexual-exploitation of children. The UN needs to do more than be "deeply concerned."

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Nujood Ali, 10-Year-Old Divorcee, Writes About Her Trauma In New Book

The New York Times | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Brides, Nujood Ali, I Am Nujood, Divorce, Yemen, Nujood Alil Book, Memoir, Books, Books News

For Nujood, the nightmare began at age 10 when her family told her that she would be marrying a deliveryman in his 30s. Although Nujood's mother was u...

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Half The Sky And Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 05.25.2011

Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Sue Halpern The New York Review of Books Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by N...

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Authorities Save 9-Year-Old Brides From Being Married Off In Muslim Weddings

Daily Mail | Matthew Hickley | Posted 05.25.2011

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British children as young as nine are being forced to marry against their will by their families, campaigners have warned. Charities supporting victi...

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