WNN Features (WNN) Calcutta, West Bengal, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA: “It is estimated that 200,000 Bangladeshi children have been trafficked for sexual exploitation through the borders of [India's] West Bengal and Assam States,” says a report from ECPAT International, which is working today to end child prostitution, child pornography and trafficking of children for sexual purposes. [...]
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Abjata Khalif – WNN Features (WNN) Nairobi, KENYA, EASTERN AFRICA: Sankuri village in the eastern Kenya region near the Indian Ocean is 300 kilometres (186 miles) from the nearest larger capital town of the province in Garissa. Known as a remote area that has poor phone communications with roads that are considered too rough and [...]
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Italy Correspondent Valeria Marchetti – WNN Features (WNN) Rome, Italy, WESTERN EUROPE: On March 17, 2013 Italy set aside a day to honor and remember all journalists in the country who were brutally killed by members of Italy’s organized crime. Historically known as the Mafia, the journalists who followed leads to investigate these criminal activities [...]
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Ekal Silwal – WNN Features (WNN) Kathmadu, NEPAL, ASIA: It was an ordinary Monday morning on June 6, 2005 in South Central Nepal. Durga Maya Magar, 55, was feeling a little too restless that day. The sun seemed to take forever to rise up in the horizon delaying her trip to her ‘maita’, her maternal [...]
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WNN Features (WNN) Rabat, MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA: Women’s rights defenders in Morocco are closer than ever to a major victory as the government plans to change a law that has allowed rapists to avoid jail time by marrying their victim. In spite of policy improvement, activists in the region point out that there is still [...]
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