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J Se Jail Explores the Untold Human Stories Behind Prison Walls

Asia
INDIA: Author and prison reform advocate Vartika Nanda’s book J Se Jail was released at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), bringing attention to the often overlooked human experiences inside India’s prisons. The book,...

India’s Skill Crisis Needs More Leaders Willing to Cross the Fence

Asia
INDIA: Corporate conferences regularly focus on the difficulty of finding job-ready graduates. Industry leaders point to the mismatch between education and workplace requirements. Consulting reports warn about rapidly changing skills, while industry associations call for stronger...

How Period Poverty Pushes Impoverished Zimbabwe Girls To Use Cow Dung As Sanitary Pads  

Healthcare
  AFRICA. Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s economic crisis and high inflation rate have pushed about 72% of the rural girls in Domboshava, the capital of Harare, into...

Period Poverty: Female Students Call On Nigerian Government To Make Sanitary Pads Free

Environment
NIGERIA. Niger: Female students across Nigeria are demanding that the federal government make Sanitary pads available to them for free. This, according to the students,...

Afghan Women Grapple With The Taboo Around Menstruation

Education
AFGHANISTAN. Herat: When 19-year-old Halima, from Herat, had her first period, she was afraid. She thought it was a unique illness only she suffered...

Young Girls Aspire To Help Less Privileged Peers Meet Sexual Health Demands

Education
Zimbabwe. Harare: Ordinary (O) level students created the Bright Girl Movement (BGM) and launched a "donate a pad, save her from cancer" campaign to...

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