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Prevalence Of Child Marriages Every year some 10 million girls under the age of 18 gets married, which translates to one every 3 seconds, says “Breaking Vows”, a report by Plan UK on child marriages. The trouble is that these marriages are not happy ones, and are the cause of much ill health among the young brides [...] Stigma Of Rape “In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonored”, says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency UNHCR. The stigma of rape here is so bad, especially in the west of the country, which is particularly conservative, that those who become pregnant through [...] Beading In Kenya The rows of red beads that hang round the necks of Kenyan girls belonging to the Samburu tribe hide a sinister traditional practice. Semburu men can “book” a girl who is a close family relative by approaching the girl’s parents and placing the necklace round the girl. This symbolic gesture signifies a kind of [...] These days John Terry has been appearing in news reports for the wrong reason. It seems that John Terry had an affair with Vanessa Perroncel and the British press got wind of it. Terry tried to suppress the publication of the story but Justice Tugendhat did not allow that. So now the whole world has been [...] If you have been following the British case of Tulay Goren, you will know what honor killing in the Muslim world is all about. In that case, 15-year old schoolgirl Tulay Goren met 29-year old Halil Unal during a school vacation job. The 2 had an affair, which angered her father Mehmet Goren. He considered that Tulay [...] |
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