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We need to talk about male rape’: DR Congo survivor speaks out

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Stephen Kigoma was raped during the conflict in his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He described his ordeal in an interview with the BBC’s Alice Muthengi, calling for more survivors to come forward. “I hid that I was a male rape survivor. I couldn’t open up – it’s a taboo,” he said. “As a man, […]

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Malawi Amends Constitution to Remove Child Marriage Loophole

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Malawi has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, where approximately one out of every two girls marry before age 18. It has the ninth highest rate in Africa. However, on Tuesday February 14, 2017, Malawi made a historic amendment to its constitution to fully outlaw child marriage following more than a […]