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Child brides in South Sudan – sold for cattle

March 11, 2023

The devastating consequences of forced marriages for girls in South Sudan; a ‘railway school’ in the Philippines, and a singer who performs in 14 Indigenous languages in order to preserve Mexican culture.

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