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A successful drive to curtail the practice of wedding dowries in certain Muslim areas of India is reaping dividends and crossing boundaries
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Campaigners urge world leaders to keep global education targets on track after figures reveal education receives same level of aid funding as transport
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Immediate action urged as diarrhoea remains among leading causes of child mortality despite improved access to clean water and sanitation
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After fleeing conflict at home, 11,000 Central Africans have found safety at Mbilé camp in Cameroon. But the demise of a scheme that meant women no longer had to scavenge for firewood has added to concern about meagre food rations
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Nigerian volunteers are battling to eradicate polio across the country, and one of the 82 girls freed by Boko Haram is able to see her family again
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The Philippine government has declared an Islamic State ‘invasion’ after an Isis flag was hoisted over the southern city of Marawi, prompting citizens to flee
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As diplomats convene in London to discuss how to tackle east Africa’s drought and stave off famine, 4,000 miles away in Somalia, thousands of people leave their homes each day to search for water
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Unable to complete his education after contracting polio as a child, Aminu was determined not to become a beggar on the streets of Kano in north-west Nigeria. His solution was to design a bike that restored his mobility. Now he produces dozens of them, employing fellow polio survivors and helping to transform lives
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Hundreds of thousands of people drown every year. Many deaths go unrecorded, however, and pressure to teach people to swim is not what it might be
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focus'We decided to take a stand': why some Indian families are returning dowriesA successful drive to curtail the practice of wedding dowries in certain Muslim areas of India is reaping dividends – and even crossing religious boundaries
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focus'Will I ever get justice?': Nepal accused of failing trafficking survivorsRights groups claim no one has received compensation since law entitling survivors of human trafficking was introduced a decade ago
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkMudslides and floods cause devastation in Sri Lanka – in picturesLast Friday heavy rain caused floods and landslides that killed more than 200 people and displaced 600,000 from their homes in Sri Lanka
Giles Duley: ‘I stood on those Lesbos beaches in floods of tears’