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Record number of solo migrant children, UN sees slavery risk
Taken together, 300,000 children travelled alone worldwide from 2015 to 2016
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Addressing climate change could be key to African peace, leader says
The mix of global warming with economic woes and political conflicts keeps peace from taking hold
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US state could become first to enact blanket ban on child marriage: activists
Child marriage is associated with mental health problems, poverty and increased high school drop-out rates
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Sold into slavery: India's lost generation of missing children
Lack of training of police, child welfare and protection officials hampers battle to locate India's 'lost generation'
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Indian TV commercial showing adored transgender mother goes viral
The 3.5 minute commercial has racked up more than nine million views on YouTube since its release two weeks ago
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Women-only 'pink taxis' set to hit Pakistani streets
Aninitiative to protect women from the sexual harassment they commonly face when travelling around the city
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More than half of UK girls sexually harassed in school
Parliamentary committee report says sexual bullying had become an expected part of girls' everyday lives
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Aid agencies fear damage to reputation as "Red Cross" appears in Panama Papers
Emails suggested the law firm used humanitarian organisation as a cover when facing down demands for information
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Six arrested after low-caste boys stripped, beaten in India
The teenage boys were attacked by villagers for allegedly stealing a motorbike
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Indian women demanding access to temples take fight to Maharashtra
Hundreds of protesters tried to force their way into the Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar clashing with villagers