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Angola: Violence against women escalates, despite an end to war
Jan 27 2007, Pooja

If it were between countries, we’d call it a war. If it were a disease, we’d call it an epidemic. If it were an oil spill, we’d call it a disaster. But it’s happening to women, and it’s just an everyday affair. It’s violence against women, or simply,...

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