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Friday 17th February 2012
A good thing:
Scores of South Asian charities struggling to curb high child-marriage rates are backing a global movement spearheaded by South African peace icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu to end the practice affecting millions of girls and women worldwide. Representatives from charities in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka gathered in New Delhi last week at the regional launch of the “Girls Not Brides” alliance.
Read more: http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/global-activists-forge-anti-child-marriage-alliance-in-south-asia
A bad thing:
At least 8,000 Touaregs fleeing fighting in neighbouring Mali have found refuge in Burkina Faso, having arrived “in a dire humanitarian condition”. “They urgently need shelter since they caught us by surprise. We have only five tents,” said Hima Barke, a UNHCR official in Soum Province. “Just a week ago there were 40 refugees in the province, now there are 1,127.”
Read more: http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94829
A thing to change:
Imagine cycling with friends through tropical jungle, fishing villages and rice paddies, and stopping to tour vast, ancient temples in Cambodia, while raising money for Amnesty International Australia.
Find out how you can at: http://www.inspiredadventures.com.au/aicambodia/?utm_source=amnestyeml&utm_medium=email-sf&utm_content=link1
