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8th March : women take the floor

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Laos Senegal

With the International Women's Day, HI want to offer you the testimony of six women, five in Senegal and one in Laos.

With the International Women's Day, HI want to offer you the testimony of six women, five in Senegal and one in Laos.

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Omaya, pregnant and exhausted by repeated conflict
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Health Rights

Omaya, pregnant and exhausted by repeated conflict

Omaya is a woman with disability. Pregnant, she fled bombing in Beirut. Her life has been in disarray for years.

Education for all: Rogette’s journey towards inclusion, a schoolgirl with hearing loss
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Inclusion Rights

Education for all: Rogette’s journey towards inclusion, a schoolgirl with hearing loss

At twelve years old, Rogette is a shy and endearing young girl. She now lives in Ziguinchor so that she can study at a special school for children who are deaf.

HI clears over 260,000 m² of Laos farmland of deadly munitions
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Explosive weapons

HI clears over 260,000 m² of Laos farmland of deadly munitions

HI clears in Houaphanh Province - one bomblet at a time.