BUENOS AIRESTeenage Girls in Argentina – Invisible Victims of Femicide
The murder of a young Argentine girl on a beach in neighbouring Uruguay shook both countries and drew attention to a kind of violence that goes almost unnoticed as a cause of death among Argentine adolescents: femicide.
Zimbabwe Battles with Energy Poverty
Janet Mutoriti (30), a mother of three from St Mary’s suburb in Chitungwiza, 25 kilometres outside Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, frequently risks arrest for straying into the nearby urban forests to fetch wood for cooking.
Developing Nations Write Hopeful New Chapters in a Toxic Legacy
The village of Dong Mai in Vietnam’s agricultural heartland had a serious problem.
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