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NJ Rep: Bombings Suspect 'Contacted My...

Edit MSNBC 20 Sep 2016
Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ) says New York City/New Jersey bombings suspect Ahmad Rahami contacted his office in 2014 because "he wanted his wife to come to come from Pakistan" and "he was kind of nasty, too.". Read more ... ....

How one girl helped lead the fight against child marriage in Malawi

Edit Mashable 20 Sep 2016
But she decided to take a stand, and ultimately helped end the practice for many girls in her community ... She shared details about her fearless journey to stand up for herself and the rights of other girls ... Around the age of 10 or 11, she said, when girls reach puberty, they're are forced to go to "initiation camps ... goes to the camp and rapes the girls." ... "I would really like to see girls all over the world being educated....

19/09/2016 Child marriage: “an affront to human dignity and well-being and an impediment to sustainable development” (UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Sep 2016
Child, early and forced marriage has a devastating impact on the overall realization and enjoyment of girls' and women's rights, in particular, their sexual and reproductive health rights ... signals the end of a girl's education. Girls who marry in childhood are at greater risk for intimate partner violence than girls of the same age who marry later....

19/09/2016 “We must support young women refugees to realize their full potential as leaders in all spheres”—Lakshmi Puri (UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Sep 2016
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri at the UN General Assembly side event 'Investing in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Refugee Crisis' on 19 September in New York ... On behalf of UN Women, I want to thank all of you all who came out to participate in this important event on 'Investing in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in the Refugee Crisis'....

Michelle Obama hosts a Broadway event to help educate girls

Edit Times Union 20 Sep 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama tapped some big voices to help deliver her push to get girls educated across the world ... "More than 62 million girls around the world are counting on us to be their voice," Obama said ... Jacobs Theatre — the normal home of "The Color Purple" — as part of the Let Girls Learn initiative, which encourages world leaders to provide education opportunities to millions of girls globally who do not attend school....

Michelle Obama hosts Broadway event with aim of educating girls

Edit WPTV 20 Sep 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama tapped some big voices to help deliver her push to get girls educated across the world ... "More than 62 million girls around the world are counting on us to be their voice," Obama said ... More than 50 spouses attended, along with public school children and girl scouts who packed the theater ... "That is my wish for girls all over the world....

Neighbour emerges accused in murder of minor

Edit The Hindu 20 Sep 2016
A neighbour emerged alleged ‘killer’ on Monday in the murder of a minor girl, whose body was found with her throat slit and head bludgeoned at Narsingi the previous day....

Neighbour held for raping minor

Edit The Times of India 20 Sep 2016
According to the police, the suspect has been identified as a street performer who lured the five-year-old girl away by offering her toffees on Sunday and used his finger to penetrate her, police said ... "The accused is a neighbour of the girl....

GTTA players win big in table tennis tourney

Edit The Hindu 20 Sep 2016
Sreeja clinched both the women’s title and youth girls title ... Varun Shanker won the sub-junior boys title ... Sreeja clinches both the women’s title and youth girls title in the State ranking TT tournament....

Girl's death case cracked, beau held for pushing minor to suicide

Edit The Times of India 20 Sep 2016
In a major breakthrough, Balod police have cracked the suicide case of minor girl who was found hanging from a tree few days ago and have arrested her beau for pushing her to take the extreme step ... the incident as they were also in touch with the girl, added police....

Three nabbed for human trafficking

Edit The Times of India 20 Sep 2016
Seven people, including a Damoh-based middle man and mother of the teenaged girl, were booked in this connection on Sunday ... Police said the girl disclosed that her elder sister was also married in Damoh, but failed to divulge more details....

Handwriting in note may solve Satna suicide case

Edit The Times of India 20 Sep 2016
A day after a couple was found sprawled on railway tracks in Satna district, police have recovered a suicide note in the pocket of the youth who blamed one of the relatives of the girl for harassing them, forcing them to take the extreme step ... died while the 17-year old girl is battling for life....

Sweeper held for ‘molesting’ 4-year-old in school

Edit The Hindu 20 Sep 2016
“The girl told us that she had been approached by one ‘uncle with a moustache’. On checking the footages, The accused was seen carrying the girl,” said an officer ... police station after the girl’s parents approached the police ... The girl had been unable to provide many clues....
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