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A young girl travels on a bus in Kenya, a country where female genital mutilation, or FMG, is illegal but where deep-rooted myths supporting the ancient ritual persist. Seen as a rite of passage in many communities, FGM also acts as a trigger for girls as young as 11 to become sexually active and married off as they are perceived as women — often resulting in child pregnancy. (Photo by Mark Auer) Photo used under CC BY

Fear, prestige pushing Kenyan girls into FGM

From the fear of being ostracized or murdered to the prestige associated with entering womanhood, girls in Kenya are under a barrage of societal pressures to undergo FGM.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

FGM awareness campaign launched across UK as illegal practice remains ‘cloaked in secrecy’

The Independent

India’s Rohingya struggle with hatred, fear

Panic has spread among an estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to India from neighboring Myanmar after Indian authorities’ recent repatriation of seven Rohingya refugees.

The Irrawaddy

Photos: India’s first Rohingya deportation has the community on edge

Hindustan Times

UN climate report urges profound action on CO2

Some of the world’s top climate scientists have concluded that global warming is likely to reach dangerous levels unless new technologies are developed to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

NPR

Planet has only until 2030 to stem catastrophic climate change, experts warn

CNN

Thousands of Yemeni children malnourished

Hundreds of thousands of children are suffering acute malnutrition because of the war in Yemen. The Saudi-UAE coalition has shut down Yemeni airspace, trapping Bassam, as well as the estimated 95,000 other Yemenis in need of treatment abroad, inside the country.

Al Jazeera

Rights violations are getting worse in Nigeria

Human rights violations in Nigeria and other African countries are not abating. Rather, perpetrators have become more daring, civil society organizations from West and Central African countries have said.

Punch

Romania vote to restrict gay marriage fails

A controversial Romanian referendum aimed at restricting the definition of marriage to exclude same-sex couples has failed after turnout fell well below the threshold, final results showed.

Channel NewsAsia

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pedophiles target kids in poor countries

The Philippines has become a commercial hub for child abuse imagery and streaming of child abuse for foreigners. Kids in Kenya, Cambodia and Vietnam are increasingly at risk as encrypted technology becomes widely available.

Guardian

Most Aussie flight attendants are harassed

A survey of cabin crew working for Australian airlines has found that 65 percent of them have experienced sexual harassment. The misconduct has included sexual assault, inappropriate touching and sexualized comments.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Nationalist party victories may divide Bosnia

Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalist parties will dominate Bosnia’s complex government over the next four years. The victory of nationalist parties with opposing views could further deepen ethnic divisions in Bosnia.

Deutsche Welle

Far-right candidate makes gains in Brazil

A far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election. He will face the left-wing Workers’ Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, in the second round on Oct. 28.

BBC

Brazilian politics is backsliding toward militarism

Vice

Woman makes case for Nigerian presidency

Nigeria’s presidential election was shaping up to be a contest between two veteran male politicians, but the candidacy of Oby Ezekwesili could change that.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Trauma science shifting police responses

There is now the realization among police who encounter victims of sexual assault that they have long misread and mishandled cases. The process was so common that experts have given it a name — secondary victimization.

NBCNews.com

Women largely ignored for Nobel prizes

Last week, Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel prize for physics for her team’s work on lasers. It’s the first time in 55 years that a woman has won this prestigious prize, but why has it taken so long?

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Hundreds injured due to Haitian earthquake

Hospitals in city of Port-de-Paix are coping with the fallout from an earthquake and strong aftershocks which killed at least 12 people. At one hospital, doctors and nurses lack the supplies they need to treat those wounded.

Al Jazeera

In pictures: Haiti earthquake aftermath in Port-de-Paix

BBC

French doctors drop missing limbs case

Doctors admit they do not know why clusters of babies have been born with limbs missing, saying they cannot find any link between the cases and will not be investigating further.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

German activists halt razing of forest

A German court has temporarily blocked mining company RWE from razing further sections of an ancient forest near Cologne in what environmental campaigners have hailed as rare good news.

CNN

Sick woman’s neighbors remodel her home

One woman has been battling melanoma for nearly a year. While she was away for treatment, her neighbors decided it was time for her to receive a precious gift upon return.

WDAZ

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Philanthropy uses data to solve problems

Jens Werner has long suspected people in her neighborhood didn’t live as long as people elsewhere in Minnesota. Now she has data detailed all the way down to census tracts, to back up her hunch.

Star Tribune

Bikes hinder crime in South Africa

A biking focused nonprofit donated a bicycle to one South African youth, and he’s used the bike to help local police identify crime in his troubled village of Soweto.

International Online

ENVIRONMENT

Dog meat culture questioned in Vietnam

Vietnamese officials in Hanoi have asked residents to stop eating dog meat, citing health and public image concerns. Vendors and enthusiasts now fear a nationwide ban on what they consider to be a traditional delicacy.

Deutsche Welle

Kenyan town could lose heritage status

Lamu is arguably the most unique and beautiful Swahili town in Kenya. But pollution is fast eroding the efforts to preserve the cultural richness of it’s historical town.

Deutsche Welle

More shall suffer as world warms

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Zimbabwe fuel shortage spurs taxi price hike

The fuel shortage gripping the country has seen commuter operators hiking fares. This is despite Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe revealing that the apex bank has availed $40 million for procurement of fuel.

New Zimbabwe

Fish dwindle in the traditionally rich waters of Tanzania

Guardian

China clears path to juice up economy

China‘s stock markets fell more than 3.7 percent after the country’s central bank announced measures to prop up the economy amid an ongoing U.S. trade war.

CNBC

Photo of the Day

More than 623,000 mainly Rohingya people have arrived in the sprawling Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, since August 2017. The Rohingya have fled violence and religious persecution in neighboring Myanmar, creating one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. (Photo by Russell Watkins/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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