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60 million child brides - 24/08/2008


There are 60 million "child brides" in the world, according to the UN. The wedding day arrives usually between 12 and 14 years, sometimes even earlier. The husband is often an older man, never met before.
The organization American International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has compiled a "Top 20" countries in which marriages of minors are most common: Niger is the first place (76.6% of brides are under 18 years), followed by Chad, Bangladesh, Mali, Guinea, Central African Republic, Nepal, Mozambique, Uganda, Burkina Faso, India, Ethiopia, Liberia, Yemen, Cameroon, Eritrea, Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Zambia. The "ranking" (see photo) is based on standardized questionnaires but these are not available for all countries. Stay away from statistics, for example, much of the Middle East.
countries of the Top 20 are the poorest in the world. The child brides come from the poorest families in these countries.
In Central and West Africa, one third of girls brides say their husbands have at least 11 years older than them. In all countries in the Top 20 there are cases where the age difference is decades: even 70 years. How do you explain that? When there is a 'price for the bride, "it takes years of work because a man can afford a young woman. In polygamous unions, moreover, as the husband ages new wives are getting younger.
brides girls are denied the opportunity to study and work: thereby perpetuating the cycle of poverty from which they come. They can not leave her husband because they do not have the money to return the dowry, and divorce is often considered unacceptable. The problem is not only early marriage, early childbirth, but also. Death in childbirth is five times more likely for girls under 15 years than for teens, according to the agency for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). In sub-Saharan Africa, in addition, various studies show that girls are married are more likely to contract AIDS than single girls and sexually active: lose their virginity with sick husbands and do not have the power to deny or ask them to use condoms.

Author: Viviana Mazza
Source: www.corriere.it

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Eritrea - Ethiopia withdrew the UN mission - 31/07/2008



Its purpose was to monitor the border and any border crossings between the two countries, but eight years after the peace accords tensions between the two countries remained. So much so that "it was impossible to carry out the mandate," according to the UN. Now between Ethiopia and Eritrea again the danger of a new confrontation.

The UN Security Council has decided not to extend the peacekeeping mission on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea (Minuee) Resolution 1827, submitted by Belgium and approved unanimously by the 15-member body suspending the mandate of about 1,700 peacekeepers deployed on the border between the two countries, which had the task of monitoring the cease-fire and the situation in the buffer zone, a large 24 square kilometers.
The mission, whose mandate would be terminated on 31 July, was born with the signing of the Algiers Agreements in 2000, which ended the bloody war between Addis Ababa and Asmara to territorial disputes. Tensions between the two countries in 2000, pledged to respect the boundaries set by an independent commission, never become extinct: Ethiopia in fact has never accepted the new boundaries, and has rejected the conclusions of an independent study in 2002 which granted the border town of Badme to Eritrea, for its part, Eritrea has been repeatedly accused of having obstructed the work of the UN mission.

Last February, the Asmara government had decided to cut fuel supplies to the mission, accusing the peacekeepers of not enforcing the international border to Ethiopia. The cutting of fuel had forced the soldiers to decamp. The Security Council has not 'been able to find other sources of supply and the end of June has started to discuss the dissolution of the mission, proposing replace it with an''outpost of observers in Ethiopian territory.'' According to the representative in Brussels, Jan Grauls, "the mission had become impossible to perform." The concern about tensions in the area remain: in recent months has been repeatedly warned of the danger of imminent burst of another war. In the resolution terminating the mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Council calls on both countries to refrain from the use of force''and comply fully with the Algiers Agreements. "

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, before the vote that he had written to the council pointing out "the risk of escalation tension in the border area and a resumption of hostilities "in case of withdrawal of Minuee, said he was dismayed by the resolution, and has appealed to both countries for normalization of relations, serving as a mediator.

Source: www.nigrizia.it

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Memorial Trophy Honored Negro - Pradella - Pieve Tesino (TN) - 36 ^ 14/08/2008



Chiara, Francesca and Philip took part in the 6km Pradella getting respectable placings (3rd, 6th and 3rd). The location of the Memorial has been through the woods at the foot of Mount Lefre basin and the nearby church Tesino. The celebrations after the beautiful Sgambati lasted the entire weekend: excellent Parampampoli and walks along the beautiful trails of Lagorai (picture Tesino Parish and the pool of Montalone)

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Camignada - Misurina Auronzo di Cadore (BL) - GMA


After a year without Borders runners returned to Misurina. To hold high the name of the Association this year were Frank, Joseph, Matthew and Philip (pictured).
The course is beautifully confirmed unless some obstacle (expected) down: "... I have never had a fight ... but I think that participating in a fight and take them both how to do Camignada!?" Matthew says, our new point man. See you at Trophy
City of Carpi as dangerous as ever!

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08/03/2008 - International Meeting - 09/14/2008 Montagnana (PD)


E 'scheduled for 14/09/2008, the annual meeting of the GMA. An excellent opportunity to come together and reflect.
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