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Beatrice came from a humble background. She dreamt of becoming...
Salome lives in Tbilisi, Georgia. At 20, Salome was studying...
Growing up in an orthodox religious community in New York,...
When Ngalali, a member of the Massai people in Tanzania,...
"I’d watch girls on TV fulfilling their potential...and I felt...
How one mother and her family are breaking the cycle...
At the age of nine, Asseel* left her native Syria...
Michelle got pregnant at age 16. Her community was pressuring...
Isla*, an 11-year-old rape survivor from Kenya, spoke to us...
Jennifer was growing up in a Christian family in Oklahoma...
Leah was 11 when she discovered that she’d undergone female...
I was prostituted from 14 till I was 27. I...
I grew up in a middle class subdivision in western...
Lilly, who suffered a turbulent and abusive childhood, was introduced...
Natalie was born in South East Asia, where she was...
K’s story as told to Solwodi and the German courts...
NIGERIA/GERMANY Grace was educated until the 10th grade in Nigeria...
UGANDA When people think of sex trafficking, they often think...
LITHUANIA Loreta was prostituted from age 15 to age 19....
In March 2013, Equality Now came together with The Arts...
I approach the petrol pump and see a tall, confident...
Kolab does not know who her real parents are. She...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that involves...
I walk along the streets in Olongapo city where scantily...
In 2011, Equality Now, in partnership with Legal Action for...
Though FGM has been banned in Egypt since 2008, UNICEF...
Equality Now and our partners in the Solidarity for African...
Equality Now took on the case of Saba, a 16-year-old...
Through the Federation of Women Lawyers, Kenya (FIDA-Kenya) Equality Now...
Child marriage is prevalent in Saudi Arabia, as the country...
Yemen has no legal minimum age of marriage, and cases...
Bolivia has the highest rate of child sexual abuse in...
BRAZIL Sex tourism fuels the demand for sex trafficking and...
In Pakistan, there is no specific law on incest in...
In August 2008, 12-year-old Sasiano Nchoe died after undergoing Female...
To address the rampant rape, or “defilement,” of minors in...
Marriage by abduction, a common practice in parts of Ethiopia,...
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