WHY DOES CHILD MARRIAGE HAPPEN?
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Gendercide and Sexual Slavery in China | Womens Rights Without Frontiers
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Myanmar violated UN child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find | Danya Wadi
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The Blog | Girls Educational & Mentoring Service (GEMS)
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Rohingya Refugees Falling Prey to Sex Trafficking – The Human Lens
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The Top 10 Recommendations From Our Last 15 Blog Posts
When I started the DVM For Hope Blog, my goal was not only to educate people about injustices in the world, but also to give them ways to get involved in the fight against those injustices. Since I’ve now written 25 posts, I thought it would be a good time…
FGM: A Human Rights Violation Against Girls
In previous DVM For Hope posts, I have covered some difficult subjects: genocide, child marriage, and of course human trafficking. Of all the subjects that I’ve studied, though, Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, is perhaps the most difficult to write about. FGM is an act of extreme brutality inflicted upon…
Language Matters: Why Our Perception of Child Sex-Trafficking Victims Should Change.
One of my favorite novels is George Orwell’s 1984. It’s one of the original dystopian novels, and in my opinion it’s the best. A major theme in 1984 is the danger of altering language to change our perception of history or reality. In this novel, changing language becomes a weapon…
Educating Girls Part 2: Benefits And Solutions
In last week’s blog post, I wrote about how a number of obstacles such as poverty, violence, lack of sanitary supplies, and child marriage impact the ability of 130 million girls worldwide to get an education. As important as it is to raise awareness of this problem and its causes,…
Educating Girls Part 1: Roadblocks To Education
As a veterinarian, I spend a lot of time around highly educated women. Even 25 years ago when I was in veterinary school, most of my graduating class was female. Female enrollment in veterinary colleges has continued to increase since then. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, 77.2%…