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Tara Bhattarai
Friday - September 3, 2010
More than 90 percent of lower caste girls in Nepal are married by the age of 12. Girls as young as five dress with the familiar signs of a married woman -- vermilion powder on the their hairline with their necks and arms adorned with beads and...
The Mali sisters, 8 and 5, are both married.
Tara Bhattarai, PI Senior Reporter
Dorah Nesoba
Saturday - August 28, 2010
Thousands gathered yesterday to celebrate the signing of Kenya's new constitution. After the August 4 referendum, Kenya received international accolades for embracing a new constitution through a democratic process that was not marred by...
Kenyans Celebrate New Constitution in Uhuru Park.
Tom Maruko
Tara Bhattarai
Tuesday - August 17, 2010
Caste-based discrimination is now illegal here, but young couples choosing to marry outside their caste are often evicted and threatened. Government efforts to encourage inter-caste unions were weakened recently when a State Minister was caught...
Gerda De Corte
Dando Mweetwa
Friday - August 20, 2010
Nearly one percent of Zambia’s population is made up of HIV positive children. But most HIV/AIDS programs here focus on adults. For HIV positive children in Zambia, many who are AIDS orphans, a host of challenges remain. Access to education is...
Public Health Message in Lusaka, Zambia
Press Institute
Irene Mwivano
Tuesday - August 24, 2010
More than one million Kenyans are HIV positive, yet stigma and discrimination remain commonplace. The much-anticipated HIV/AIDS Tribunal was created last year but has yet to hear a single case.
Ambrose Rachier, HIV/AIDS Tribunal Chairman
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