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Part one: Ugandan girl tortured by rare disease

Nancy Lamwaka is only 12-years-old, but she suffers from a mysterious disease that has stricken more than 3,000 children in northern Uganda.
“Slavery in Mauritania is real”

In 1981, Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery. Activists are arrested for fighting the practice. The government denies it exists… but it does.
The private pain of young Japanese women

Domestic violence, rape, and bullying; these are some of the issues triggering self-injury among young Japanese women. The country’s culture of shame has prevented many women from sharing their private, and often lonely, pain.
Women discover beauty, strength in Paris salon

In a city renowned for its fashion, the Josephine is one of thousands of places in Paris where women walk in hoping to walk out chic and beautiful.

But this salon does more than that.
Britain’s prisons inspector shamed by treatment of female inmates

“I have seen a lot of pretty grim things in my working life, but what I saw at the Keller Unit kept me awake at night…The levels of self mutilation and despair were just terrible.”
Hotaru Akanei: Porn is not a substitute for sex-ed

Hotaru Akanei is not your typical sex education advocate. The 28-year-old is an award-winning actress and a big-time celebrity in the Japanese porn industry.

Part two: Ugandan family copes with Nodding Disease

April 5, 2012 9:11 am

Nearly two months ago, Nancy Lamwaka looked fragile, with little hope of ever getting better as the world searched in vain for a cure to Nodding Disease. But her family have kept on fighting and searching for a miracle that will save their daughter.

Doctor saves babies caught in Romania corruption

April 2, 2012 8:04 pm

Dr. Catalin Cirstoveanu runs a cardio unit at a children’s hospital in Bucharest, but not a single child has been treated there since it opened a year and a half ago. Find out why.

Bald is beautiful for new Barbie doll

March 30, 2012 4:19 pm

Mattel announced Friday that they will be producing a hairless Barbie doll for young girls suffering from cancer and other diseases. But it wasn’t their idea. Learn about the two women who started it all.

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