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Updates from June 2024
Hello friends, The right to peaceful assembly facilitates the exercise
Hello friends, The right to peaceful assembly facilitates the exercise
Hello friends, The human rights situation on the continent continues
As a child, Asmahan’s childhood was scarred by the violent practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), then popular in Somali culture. Girls as young as seven years were subjected to the violent practice often against their will, and young Asmahan was revolted by it.
“I witnessed very young girls aged between seven and ten years undergoing this harmful practice (FGM), conducted using rudimentary tools, which usually left long effects on these girls’ bodies. By all intents, it was a violation of both their bodies and their rights, and even at that early age, it didn’t sit well with me,” she says.
As she grew up, the social injustices against women would only grow more evident. In addition to FGM, girls were rarely taken to school. Instead, child marriages were frequent, and young girls would be married off before their first teenage birthdays, often to older men, where they would go on to lead lives blighted by systemic socio-cultural discrimination and abuse.
Hello friends, This month marked one year since the dreadful
Hello friends, March is also fondly known as the women’s
Hello friends, February has been activity-heavy for us at DefendDefenders.
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to 2024! I hope you are all
Dear Colleagues, The last 31 days of 2023 were very
Hello Friends, November is usually one of the most active
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