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Millions of Young Girls Forced Into Marriage
2013-03-13 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: How many children and teenage girls are ready for marriage? Yet the practice is shockingly prevalent: One out of nine girls in developing countries will be married by age 15, according to the United Nations. An estimated 14.2 million girls a year will become child brides by 2020 if nothing changes. Driven largely by poverty and cultural traditions, such marriages are usually arranged by family members. The physical and emotional consequences can be life shattering, even fatal. Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Bangladesh: Fear, instability driving early marriage around the world, report says
2013-03-08 10:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Humaiya Akhter is 16 years old and already six of her friends are married. Some have children. She is from the village of Tajpur in the Joypurat district of Bangladesh, a country where 66% of girls are married before 18 years of age, according to children's charity World Vision. Her grandmother was married at the age of nine and her mother at the age of 16, and Humaiya is determined to break the cycle. She now campaigns locally against child marriage and has helped girls in her community to...
Business Leaders Enter RI Gay Marriage Debate
2013-02-28 06:16:29| Toys - Topix.net
The debate over gay marriage in Rhode Island is moving from the Statehouse to the boardroom as supporters argue the state is at an economic disadvantage with its five New England neighbors, which already allow same-sex nuptials.
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Same-sex marriage cases: Apple, Google and big business ask Supreme Court to strike down DOMA
2013-02-27 21:13:20| Telecom - Topix.net
Hundreds of businesses on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a 1996 federal law barring benefits to same-sex couples, including Silicon Valley tech titans Apple, Google, Oracle and eBay.
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Same-sex marriage cases: Apple, Google and big business ask Supreme Court to strike down DOMA
2013-02-27 19:48:37| IT Services - Topix.net
Hundreds of businesses on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a 1996 federal law barring benefits to same-sex couples, including Silicon Valley tech titans Apple, Google, Oracle and eBay.
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