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WHY IS INTERNET ACCESS IMPORTANT?
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Growing Up Too Fast: Consequences of Child Marriage
In Sub-Saharan Africa, child marriage affects a staggering 40% of girls. Child marriage is the formal (or informal) marriage or …
Can Shackling Someone Help Solve Their Mental Health Problems? (Ghana)
In Ghana, people suffering from mental health problems have historically been sent to prayer camps as a method of treatment. …
Africa’s Women in Science
The proportion of women studying science is low due to gender inequality in many countries. Because of this, girls are …
Human Rights: Are They Achievable?
Human rights can seem a vague concept at first. They may appear hardly achievable in practice due to the lack …
How Do We Define Our Different Kinds Of Human Rights?
Human rights are the fundamental protections and conditions that everyone deserves. It has taken some time for people to agree …
Balancing victim’s interests and an open judiciary – a look at the Omotoso trial
100 cases of sexual violence are reported every day in South Africa. Hundreds more remain unreported. This week, the trial …
The Foundations of Human Rights: Freedom, Equality and Morality
WHAT IS A RIGHT? WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS?
A right is an entitlement.
A right is a freedom.
A human …
Why Sexual Consent is a Basic Right
Choosing who to have sex with and who not to have sex with, is a basic right. Unless both people …
Women Have the Right to Choose How Many Children They Want
A woman’s body is hers and hers alone. She has the right to make decisions concerning her body, and this …