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An archipelago in the Indian ocean consisting of over 1,200 islands, the Maldives is one of the territories most at risk from rising sea levels due to climate change. After 30 years of autocratic one party rule, 2008 saw a new constitution and the opening up of elections - a situation sadly reversed with the coup of February 2012. In addition to targeting political opponents for arrest, the Maldives government also maintains the State mandated centrality of Sunni Islam, arresting those accused of producing “un-Islamic” materials as well as enforcing corporal punishment in the name of “Islamic law”.
Organisations in Maldives
Please select one
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Care Society
- Child Helpline International
- Child Workers in Asia
- Defence for Children International Netherlands
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- Huvadhoo Aid
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- Plan International, Asia Regional Office
- Regional Working Group on Child Labour
- Rights for All
- UNESCO
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
