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Child Abuse

“A thousand girls like me ” a film about injustice and overcomming

A new film titled “A Thousand Girls Like Me” by filmmaker Sahra Mosawi-Mani tells Khatera’s story as she tries to overcome and heal.

Friday، 15 March، 2019

Witness: Girls in Senegal Risk Losing Their Futures

“Fanta” lost her future, her friends, and, for a while, her family, when she got pregnant at 17. The man who got her pregnant, and whom she had been seeing for nearly two years, rejected her and acknowledged nothing. 

Tuesday، 23 October، 2018

‘I couldn’t even scream’: survival and abuse inseparable for Kabul children

The Guardian -For 14-year-old Ahmed*, life as a kid on the streets of the Afghan capital has become synonymous with abuse. His voice calm and unwavering, Ahmed reels off stories of the assaults he has suffered […]

Friday، 15 June، 2018

Violence Against Women: Why We Keep Getting it Wrong

Source : Human Wrongs Watch By Robert J. Burrowes* March 2015 — With the passing of another International Women’s Day, during which much attention around the world has again been focused on tackling violence against […]

Tuesday، 6 June، 2017

Silent Shame Bringing out the voices of children caught in the Lake Chad crisis

UNICEF/ Human Wrongs Watch 12 April 2017 – The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2017, the […]

Thursday، 20 April، 2017

Evidence on rampant violence against children ‘compels us to act’ – UNICEF report

Violence against children is universal – so prevalent and deeply ingrained in societies it is often unseen and accepted as the norm – according to new, unprecedented data presented by the United Nations today

Tuesday، 9 September، 2014