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Cholera spreading in Zanzibar

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by Ali Shaaban Juma
An auto-rikshaw driver will currently demand € 1,300 dowry.

Bizarre kind of sex tourism

Short-term relationship

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by Nilanjana Ray
Dowry violence – scars on the arm of a woman who survived being set ablaze by her in-laws.

Harmful tradition

“Amount given to the groom”

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by Nilanjana Ray
Once girls are married, they usually drop out of school.

Child marriage

Result of poverty

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by Angelina Henrich
by Moses Ntenga
Many girls – whether married or not – have to work hard in Uganda.

Child marriage

Political will

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by Angelina Henrich
by Moses Ntenga
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, at the closing ceremony in Istanbul on 24 May.

United Nations

Mere exchange or real change?

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by Priya Behrens-Shah
It does not always turn out well: couples at a mass wedding in Jakarta in 2015.

Muslim society

Act of bravery

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
Ugandan women work on the fields, but they normally do not own the land: winnowing rice in Doho district.

Gender

Multiple loss

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by Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki
Many Indonesians believe a woman cannot cope on her own.

Social life

Ida’s story

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by Edith Koesoemawiria
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