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A disturbing trend among some women in the Caribbean to bleach their skin a lighter shade has Jo-Annah Richards, 26, from the island of Montserrat, wondering about the roots of the problem. Turning slowly I faced the individual that uttered my name. I searched my mind trying to put a name to the face while …
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A disturbing trend among some women in the Caribbean to bleach their skin a lighter shade has Jo-Annah Richards, 26, from the island of Montserrat, wondering about the roots of the problem. Turning slowly I faced the individual that uttered my name. I searched my mind trying to put a name to the face while …
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The causes of emotional child abuse often seem to be invisible, yet the effects can be irreversible, reports Samantha Khan, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. Silent. Savage. Scarring. Emotional child abuse. A menacing monster hiding in plain sight, undetected, shadowed by the more glaring ills of society, threatening to erode the minds of …
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The causes of emotional child abuse often seem to be invisible, yet the effects can be irreversible, reports Samantha Khan, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. Silent. Savage. Scarring. Emotional child abuse. A menacing monster hiding in plain sight, undetected, shadowed by the more glaring ills of society, threatening to erode the minds of …
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A bill waiting to be passed in the Jamaican Parliament would introduce a ban on smoking in public places and prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors. Alexis Goffe, 26, offers his take on the justification for the strict legislation. On February 16, I attended the Jamaica Cancer Society’s Anti-Tobacco Forum, which was attended by …
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A bill waiting to be passed in the Jamaican Parliament would introduce a ban on smoking in public places and prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors. Alexis Goffe, 26, offers his take on the justification for the strict legislation. On February 16, I attended the Jamaica Cancer Society’s Anti-Tobacco Forum, which was attended by …
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Domestic violence is no trivial matter to be swept under the carpet, writes Jo-Annah Richards, 26, a law graduate and Commonwealth Correspondent from the Caribbean island of Montserrat now living in Britain. As she lay bloodied and lifeless everyone stared frozen in shock. How could this have happened? Not on this island! Why the shock when …
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Domestic violence is no trivial matter to be swept under the carpet, writes Jo-Annah Richards, 26, a law graduate and Commonwealth Correspondent from the Caribbean island of Montserrat now living in Britain. As she lay bloodied and lifeless everyone stared frozen in shock. How could this have happened? Not on this island! Why the shock when …
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Kenya needs to address the fundamental inequalities which plague its medical facilities in order to continue on the road to development, says Simon Hart, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Britain living in Nairobi. Kenya’s development is hampered by its unequal society, in which an increasingly rich elite are polarised with the millions who hover over …
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Kenya needs to address the fundamental inequalities which plague its medical facilities in order to continue on the road to development, says Simon Hart, 27, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Britain living in Nairobi. Kenya’s development is hampered by its unequal society, in which an increasingly rich elite are polarised with the millions who hover over …
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