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Laura Secorun is an independent journalist obsessed with borders and everything that crosses them. Born in Barcelona, based in Nairobi, she writes about development, migration and human trafficking in East Africa. Her work appears regularly in Newsweek, The Guardian, Slate, Fortune and others.
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A company in Lebanon hopes to reduce the potential for abuse of foreign domestic workers by improving relationships with their employers. But migrant advocates say this won’t fix the problem in a country where two domestic workers commit suicide every week.
Uganda has some of the most progressive laws for people with disabilities in Africa, but public perception has not always kept up. Three NGOs are trying to turn that around by offering economic opportunities for women.
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