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Niger
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Niger sued over slavery laws

afrol News, 7 April - The government of Niger has been dragged to the Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS [the Economic Community of West African States] in Nigeria over its failure to implement laws against slavery introduced in 2003.

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Liberia
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UN details Liberia violations

afrol News, 3 April - United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has released a report on the human rights situation in Liberia, focusing on violations on economic, social, political, sexual and gender-based rights.

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Southern Africa
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'Eliminate harmful cultural practices'

ZANIS/Times of Zambia News , 3 March - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for concerted efforts in harmonizing customary and common laws to eliminate harmful cultural practices.

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Africa
Politics | Human rights | Society | Gender - Women | Health

Renewed fight against FGM

afrol News, 5 February - A round table conference, aimed at addressing the age-old culture of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM), will be held in Geneva on Tuesday.

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Niger
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Marriage scourge exposed

afrol News / IRIN, 20 December - Fifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have experienced.

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» 25.10.2007 - Sudan benefits gender education
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 30.08.2007 - MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
» 26.06.2007 - Somaliland now centre for illegal female cutting
» 11.06.2007 - Safe abortions may soon be legal in Mozambique
» 07.05.2007 - Gambian circumcisors publicly abandon knives
» 05.04.2007 - Eritrea criminalises FGM
» 26.02.2007 - FGM, circumcision "likely to spread HIV"
» 13.02.2007 - Slow progress stopping FGM in Mali
» 02.11.2006 - Ethiopian women reject genital cutting (FGM)
» 15.09.2006 - Guinea-Bissau to ban female genital mutilation
» 06.09.2006 - Ghana MPs want tougher penalties for female genital cutting
» 02.06.2006 - "Female genital mutilation increases babies' mortality"
» 09.11.2005 - Islam united to stop female genital mutilation
» 31.05.2005 - Half of Nigeria's women experience domestic violence
» 17.03.2005 - Female genital mutilation a vote-winner in Sierra Leone
» 15.11.2004 - Female mutilation Benin's main human rights problem
» 03.09.2004 - Little progress in fighting slavery, FGM in Mauritania
» 15.06.2004 - FGM in Mali connected to pre-Islamic traditions
» 11.02.2004 - Nigerian govt wants debate on female genital mutilation
» 10.02.2004 - Nigeria adopts anti-Female Genital Mutilation day
» 07.06.2003 - Villagers join campaigns against female genital mutilation
» 30.04.2003 - Zambian govt responds to sexual abuse report

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