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Girls need the freedom to choose their own destinies. Education is the key to achieving that
Sunday 07 October 2012
My mother is a teacher. She taught me that a woman's most empowering weapon is education. I was fortunate to have been born into a middle-class family in Mumbai. But I encountered many girls who were expected to get married at a certain age and, in doing so, call an end to their educational life. Their career paths were not decided by them and, in many cases, they didn't have a career.
BBC agrees to co-operate with any Savile inquiry
Wednesday 03 October 2012
The BBC last night agreed to open its files and co-operate with any fresh criminal examination into claims of sexual assault by Sir Jimmy Savile.
I saw Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter abuse girls at BBC, says woman
Wednesday 03 October 2012
Corporation under pressure after victim says she first told her story to Newsnight team
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Wicked and twisted. But not the same
Monday 01 October 2012
September has been a cruel month for susceptible and impressionable British children. At Derby Crown Court, eight (mostly white) men were jailed for a total of 52 years for finding, drugging and raping young girls. Another Crown Court in Reading convicted a gang which lured young girls to "sex-parties", hotels and backs of cars, to be defiled and filmed. Then came a report on the Asian men in Rochdale who had picked up, groomed and used white girls, many from troubled or impoverished homes. Grim stuff.
Pete Townshend explains child porn searches
Friday 28 September 2012
Rock legend Pete Townshend has opened up for the first time about his arrest in 2003 on suspicion of using child pornography. Speaking to the Times, the Who guitarist described his decision to investigate as a result of "white knight syndrome".
Joan Smith: Prostitution is not 'a lifestyle choice' for a 14-year-old
Friday 28 September 2012
The problem isn't young girls running wild, drinking too much and getting pregnant. It isn't "wilful" 14-year-olds having relationships with older men. And it isn't about race, although cultural misogyny and class come into it. The problem is child prostitution, and the failure of so many agencies to recognise and act on it.
Pete Townshend speaks out about his child pornography investigation
Friday 28 September 2012
Rock legend Pete Townshend has described his decision to investigate the roots of child pornography as “insane”.
US man 'behind anti-Islam film' arrested
Thursday 27 September 2012
A federal official says the California man behind an anti-Islamic video that has inflamed the Middle East has been arrested for allegedly violating terms of his probation.
Sussex ex-priest charged over child sex
Thursday 16 August 2012
A former parish priest has been charged with historic sexual offences against three young boys.
Sex abuse college loses its victories
Tuesday 24 July 2012
The governing body of US college sports took unprecedented action against Penn State University's revered football programme yesterday in response to a child sex abuse scandal, fining the school $60m (£39m) and voiding the team's victories for the past 14 seasons.
US college fined £39m over sex abuse
Monday 23 July 2012
An American college at the centre of a child sex abuse scandal has been fined $60 million (£39 million).
Slumdog star Pinto in anti-poverty role
Friday 13 July 2012
Freida Pinto, the actress best known for her role in Slumdog Millionaire, was so touched by a trip to Africa where she met some of the world's poorest girls that she has signed up as a charity ambassador.
US college 'hid facts' on abuse
Friday 13 July 2012
The famed college football coach, Joe Paterno, and other senior officials "concealed critical facts" about an assistant coach's child abuse because they were worried about bad publicity, an internal investigation has found.
Rochdale paedophile gangleader is named
Thursday 21 June 2012
A sexual predator who led a gang of Asian men in grooming young white girls for sex was named today after he was convicted of 30 child rape charges.
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