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Ending a culture of domestic violence
Young wife and mother Chhuo Khom tells how learning about her rights as a woman in Seam Reap, Cambodia helped her to end the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband
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Sareth is deputy village chief in a Cambodian community where the empowerment of women ensures its development stays in the hands of the local people
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The women at COMUCAP own their own land and have formed six co-operatives making orange and raspberry wines, aloe vera soap, shampoo and organic coffee
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"Conflict sensitivity" in emergencies
"If you’re trying to help people whose homes are knee-deep in water, your priority is to respond quickly," says CAFOD's Anne Street, “but it’s really important to take the context into account, or you can end up making things worse."
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Asia floods: how we are helping
Heavy monsoon rains have devastated the lives of millions of people across South and East Asia
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Heidi Thorsen reflects on why helping communities rebuild after the tsunami is about more than just building houses, and asks what it really means to be someone's neighbour
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Preserving culture through strength
As large-scale farming and logging cuts into the Amazon, indigenous groups are increasingly under threat. Literacy and awareness training helps ensure their rights are protected
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Land titling only the first step
Indigenous groups from Roraima in Brazil have recovered their legal right to live on their traditional lands, but still face the threat of persecution and exploitation
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The struggle for indigenous rights
Under constant threat of destruction of their society, environment, livelihoods, and at times even their lives, Brazil’s indigenous people are learning their constitutional rights
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Ending wife inheritance in Kenya
Tom Onyango, 32, was forced to marry a second wife after his first died. Now he campaigns to end the custom of wife inheritance, which puts people at risk of contracting HIV
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