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The Witches of India
Across Rajasthan, mentally ill, widowed, infertile or old women are declared witches and subjected to brutal forms of torture.
Aung San Suu Kyi
AUNG SAN SUU KYI - "There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk. People must work in Unison. Only then can we achieve our goal"....
Burma: Nilar Thein - Freed in January 2012
Nilar Thein took part in demonstrations in 1988. At the age of 22 she was arrested and detained for 2 months in prison. She was arrested again two years later and finally freed on 13th January 2012.
Burma - Mae Tao Clinic
For refugees escaping the hardships and brutality in Burma a santuary exists on the border of Thailand. A sanctuary run by Dr Cynthia Maung...
Afghan Women's Rights - Fact Sheet
1 out of 11 women in Afghanistan die in pregnancy or in child birth. Over 80% of Afghan women are illiterate and only 6% aged older than 25 have had an education...
Women's Shelters under Threat in Afghanistan
"Rhina hasn’t felt this safe for years... It’s been a year since she ran away from a forced marriage to an older man she says treated her like a slave..