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Nepal: A look at the anti sex-trafficking movement October 15, 2018

Civil society is working with the authorities to break the trafficking of women and girl children in Nepal.

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Vicious cycle of poverty in rural China

Chen Zhenzhen's limited education means she will struggle to escape poverty

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Many victims unable to get adequate health care or meaningful compensation as the law requires

Monks hold ceremony to protect Cambodian forest

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The Indian woman who changed her name at 45

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Restoring 'wastelands' in India

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Philippines community converts plastic fishing nets to carpet

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