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Argentina – Grandmothers of the Disappeared- UN Program Helps Reunite with Grandchildren
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India – Heat & Drought Cause Dramatic Increase in Deaths – Heart Attack of Girl Age 12 + Farmer Suicides
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A Yezidi Woman Who Escaped ISIS Slavery Tells Her Story
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Germany – The Slow Pace of Gender Equality in Corporate Germany
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Nigeria – Young Woman Boko Haram Survivor Video + UN Envoy: “We Cannot Forget the Girls Abducted from Chibok.”
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Syrian Women, Fleeing Violence, Try to Cope in Turkey & Lebanon
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Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Countries + Pakistan Christians Demand Protection
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