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Marthe Wandou: We need to move from frameworks to action and protect children
Marthe Wandou has been fighting against sexual violence and promoting women’s and children’s rights in Cameroon for decades. Founded in 1998, her nongovernmental organization, Action Locale pour un Developpement Participatif et Autogere (ALDEPA), applies a holistic approach focusing on education, abuse prevention, and providing psychosocial care as well as legal counsel. DW: What does the Right Livelihood Award (RLA) mean…
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Is Jordan doing Syrian dictator’s dirty work?
Earlier this month, a Syrian journalist working in Jordan was arrested. Freelance journalist Ibrahim Awwad was taken to Azraq, a United Nations-run refugee camp, east of Amman, where he apparently remains under house arrest. “He is now threatened with deportation to Syria, where he would face probable reprisals,” said media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), expressing concern about the…
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Omicron Covid-19 variant sparks growing curbs on global travel
B.1.1.529 is the scientific name of the new coronavirus variant discovered last week in South Africa. It has since been detected in several other countries, with Germany, Portugal, Great Britain, Israel and Canada, for instance, all reporting omicron infections. There are fears that the new mutant could be even more contagious than the currently rampant delta variant and that vaccines…
