Fwd: Top humanitarian stories this week: Child marriage epidemic in Bangladesh, new wave of refugees arrives in Turkey from Syria, charities slam G7 outcome



     
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The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:

GLOBAL

Push for quality education, decent jobs needed to end child labour

Financial speculation on food hurting world's hungry - U.N.

Smartphone-wielding civilians to combat war crimes – with an app

Dirty money has outsized impact on world's poorest, data shows

MIDDLE EAST

Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds fight Islamic state

Refugee revolutionaries pay price for freedom in "A Syrian Love Story"

Women, ethnic, religious minorities change face of Turkish parliament

Help for Iraq not reaching the most dangerous areas - MSF

AFRICA

Improving women's lives would boost Sahel's development: UN envoy

Burundi's electoral commission proposes dates for delayed vote

U.N. probes sexual abuse by peacekeeper in C.African Republic

ASIA

Bangladesh urged to tackle child marriage "epidemic"

Closed for business: Asia's human smugglers go to ground

FEATURE-Women to power Sri Lanka's mangrove conservation plan

Fleeing violence at home, Iraqi migrant finds haven in Cambodia

AMERICAS

Lady Gaga joins fight to crackdown on US campus sexual assaults

Paraguay told to protect life of pregnant 10-year-old rape victim

EUROPE

Man jailed for 16 years in landmark UK forced marriage conviction

European banks join drive to combat human trafficking using data

INSIGHT-Migrants race through Italy to dodge EU asylum rules

G7 SUMMIT

G7 misses opportunity to help world's poor and hungry - charities

G7 to support climate insurance for poor, finance disappoints

 

 

     
     

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