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SOUTH AFRICA: New law to ban spanking proposed
31 Jul 2013 News
Summary: Corporal punishment by parents would be deemed a form of assault. ...
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URUGUAY: Country becomes first in South America to allow abortion
24 Oct 2012 News
Summary: Lawmakers in Uruguay have passed a bill to allow abortion beyond cases of rape, incest or a woman’s health. And...
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LATIN AMERICA: Children demand workers' rights
21 Nov 2011 News
Summary: But much like undocumented immigrants in the US, the hundreds of millions of children still left working exist in...
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INDIA: Almost 300 girls known officially as "Unwanted" get new start in naming ceremony
26 Oct 2011 News
Summary: "Now in school, my classmates and friends will be calling me this new name, and that makes me very happy," said a...
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UNITED STATES: 'Don't say gay' bill may ban Tennessee teachers from discussing homosexuality
26 May 2011 News
Summary: Because if you don't talk about something, it doesn't exist, right? ...
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VIOLENCE: Most Child Abuse Goes Unreported
8 Dec 2008 News
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IRAQ: Legislation against FGM gaining support
8 Jan 2008 News
[8 January 2007] - Pakhshan Zangana, head of the women's caucus in the Iraqi Kurdish parliament in Arbil, says she is on...
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