Young girls force-fed for marriage in Mauritania | Unreported World
Force fed to be fat: Some Mauritanian communities believe that the fatter girls look the wealthier and more attractive they appear to men. Sahar Zand meets the families force feeding their young girls a 9,000 calorie-a-day diet during a brutal “feeding season” in Mauritania. Growing up in a poor country, that’s going through a devastating […]
??Yemen: 85,000 children may have died from starvation | Al Jazeera English
An estimated 85,000 children aged under five may have died from extreme hunger or disease since the civil war broke out in Yemen in 2015, according to Save the Children. The aid group says continued fighting is making it hard to get help to those who are still alive. A famine is only making things […]
Yemen's Children Dream of Peace: Sawsan's Story | UNICEF USA
Three years of intense civil war have pushed underdeveloped, overlooked Yemen to the brink of collapse. Peace is the only way forward. Here’s how you can help: https://bit.ly/2zhmSDA source
Report on Child Marriages in Pakistan (English Subtitles)
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the education for peace
Since the war began in March 2015 education has been greatly affected. The number of 1.8 million children who have been out of school in 2015/2016 make up more than a third of the school age population. more than 1,100 schools have been closed either by direct damage to them, or because they are being […]
Little girl braves war, and cancer, in Yemen
Yousra has cancer in her left eye and is trapped by war in Yemen. While she is being treated at an IRC-supported clinic for malnutrition, there are no doctors left who can treat her cancer. Watch and share her story. (Learn more link: https://www.rescue.org/article/little-girl-braves-cancer-amid-war-yemen ) The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods […]
Child marriage still legal in United States
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN At an international level, the United States condemns child marriage as a violation of human rights. But back home, almost all US states allow people under 18 to marry if they have parental consent. Advocates say that makes […]
Yemen Marriage Day Dance arocaha
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Breaking the mold: woman mediator challenges gender norms in Yemen
Born and raised in one of Yemen’s most conservative communities, Wafa has opened the door for the participation of women in peacebuilding. Learn more: www.sfcg.org/yemen source
Starving Yemenis forced to eat leaves for survival
(14 Sep 2018) Yemenis in an isolated pocket in the north have been reduced to eating boiled leaves from a local vine to stave off starvation, with no aid reaching many families who need it most. (Sept. 14) Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Google+: https://plus.google.com/115892241801867723374 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ […]