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Cité Soleil: Haiti’s poorest slum

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere with almost ¼ of the population living below the poverty line. Its capital, Port-au-Prince, is home to the Cité Soleil slum, an area characterized by poverty and violence, but also a place where the population is trying to recover thanks to popular movements born especially after the terrible earthquake of 2010. To better understand the context and the reasons for so much poverty and violence, it is important to look at

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Leymah Gbowee

In October 2011 Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkol Kaman were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of “their non-violent struggle for women’s security and their right to participate in the peace process“. Today, let’s talk about Leymah Gbowee and her perpetual commitment to women’s rights. Civil War in Liberia:Gbowee began her work as an activist with the group Liberia Mass Action for Peace (LMAP) in April 2003. Her native country, Liberia, had been in a state

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Atena Daemi for human rights in Iran

Atena Daemi dreamed of an end to the death penalty in her country, Iran, and called for greater respect for human rights. For this reason she was imprisoned, beaten and held in solitary confinement. Today we will tell the story of this brave woman and see together the human rights situation in Iran. Human Rights in Iran Atena Daemi was imprisoned for her fight for human rights, which are often not respected in Iran, her native country. According to the

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