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To avoid being sexually harassed during long walks to high schools, teenage girls in northern India have embarked on a protest movement to demand the addition of high school classes at their local primary schools.
With the rise of smartphones and social media, the problem of revenge pornography is growing across sub-Saharan Africa. But countries such as Zimbabwe have failed to introduce laws to protect victims against this destructive trend.
Giorgos Kosmopoulos Researcher on Refugee and Migrant Rights, Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Giorgos Kosmopoulos highlights the risks that lone refugee women in transit camps on Greek islands face in the absence of protection – a basic tenet of international humanitarian law.
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