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Kyrgyzstan has been accused by the United Nations for failing to protect victims and adequately prosecute perpetrators of bride-kidnapping. Photo: Gazvbubu Babayarova.
Av: Iryna Sharypina och Tessa Stockburger
In Kyrgyzstan, a girl is kidnapped every 40 minutes and forced into a marriage with her kidnapper. Now as #MeToo has spread around the globe, Kyrgyz women and girls are speaking out to end this practice.
Bacha bazi, or “boy play” in Dari, is a practice that is synonymous with the sexual exploitation of boys. Photo: US Embassy Kabul, Flickr.
Av: Alexandra Håkansson och Lisa Elamson
In 2017 the Afghan government introduced a new Criminal Code explicitly addressing the under-reported issue of bacha bazi. The practice involves older men taking advantage of young boys in vulnerable situations and has increased since the fall of the Taliban regime. Although introducing new laws banning bacha bazi is a welcome move, the issue extends far beyond national laws.
A cramped, narrow lane in Kamathipura, Mumbai. Photo: Jaideep Vaidya, Flickr
Av: Johanna Caminati Engström och Jonathan Wirths
In India, addressing sex trafficking remains a challenge. A study from 2013 found that four in five female sex workers in the country have been trafficked and forced into the industry. But what happens afterwards? What are the challenges for organisations that try to support sex workers who have been trafficked? Olga González, who has recently worked in one of Asia’s largest and oldest red light areas in Mumbai, answered our questions.
Statue depicting a mourning angel. Photo: Maggyona, Pixabay.
Av: Harmat Frigyes
More and more cases of sexual misconduct by Catholic officials against nuns are coming to light. As voices for equality within the world’s largest religious organization are getting louder than ever, the Catholic Church is once again in controversy.
Unga syns i många demonstrationer runtom i världen, men det är sällan de blir politiska representanter, skriver debattören. Foto: Fibonacci Blue
Unga har, enligt FN, en nyckelroll för att skapa fred och säkerhet. Trots det finns unga människor sällan representerade i politiken. Många unga känner tvärtom frustration, hopplöshet och brist på tilltro till sina regeringar och det internationella samfundet, skriver Hanna Waerland-Fager från Utrikespolitiska förbundet.
10 april, 2019, Debatt
10 april, 2019, Extern aktivitet, Kalendarium
A worker holding cacao beans. Photo: Thomas Cristofoletti/USAID, Flickr.
Av: Carolina Yang och Kathrin Hegger
Slavery that holds the longest history in agriculture, has transformed into various forms, and is still part of our daily lives. Child labor, a reality in the cocoa production in Côte d’Ivoire, gives a bitter aftertaste to the joyful treat of chocolate.
An elderly woman in domestic work, Mexico. Photo: Lorna Brooks, Flickr.
Av: Carlos Ranero och Charlotte German
The film ROMA portrays the life of an indigenous woman in Mexico and has sparked a debate about the working conditions for indigenous domestic workers in the country. Discrimination, violence and no working security are some of the risks that make up the daily work life for many of the marginalized women.