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US WASTED $ 60 BILLION TO REBUILD IRAQ AFTER INVASION
The US poured 60 billion dollars into unsuccessful reconstruction projects in Iraq 10 years after invading the country, an auditor's report has found. The final report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, revealed that the ambitious plan to transform the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein has been marked by half-finished projects and crushed expectations. The aid effort was plagued by in-fighting among US agencies and an improvised adhocracy approach. The report to Congress said that there was no one clearly in charge of the massive investment that was supposed to put Iraq on a stable footing.
INDIA LEADS WORLD'S CHILD MARRIAGES: UN REPORT
[Every Second girl in India marries before 18]
Every Second girl in 'India is married before the legal age, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) said on March 8, 2013 in a fresh assessment of global child marriage patterns that points a worrying picture of a practice widely banned but still rampant. If current levels of child marriages hold, 14.2 million girls annually or 39,000 daily will marry too young.
Of the 140 million girls who will marry before the age of 18,50 million will be under the age of 15.
• In South Asia, nearly half of young women and in sub Saharan Africa more than one third of women are married by 18.
• They are more vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse than those who marry later.
India has the largest number of child brides in the world, with 47% girls married under legal age 18, the UNPFA said, projecting that 140 million child marriages may take place between 2011 and 2020, cutting across most developed nations. On an average, this means 39,000 child marriages every day. The shocking numbers came at a time when India is debating strengthening laws on. crimes against women. One of the proposals under consideration is lowering the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years, irrespective of marriage. "Child marriage is an appalling violation of human rights and robs girls of their education, health and long-term prospects," Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA executive director said.
The UNFPA has also projected that of the 140 million girls who will be married under 18 by 2020, 50 mn will be under the age of 15.
Niger (75%),
Chad (68%),
the Central African Republic (68%),
Bangladesh (66%),
Guinea (63%),
Mozambique (56%),
Mali (55%),
Burkina Faso and South Sudan (52%)
and Malawi (50%)
are the top 10 nations with highest incidence of child marriages, according to the UNFPA.
Every Second girl in 'India is married before the legal age, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) said on March 8, 2013 in a fresh assessment of global child marriage patterns that points a worrying picture of a practice widely banned but still rampant. If current levels of child marriages hold, 14.2 million girls annually or 39,000 daily will marry too young.
Of the 140 million girls who will marry before the age of 18,50 million will be under the age of 15.
• In South Asia, nearly half of young women and in sub Saharan Africa more than one third of women are married by 18.
• They are more vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse than those who marry later.
India has the largest number of child brides in the world, with 47% girls married under legal age 18, the UNPFA said, projecting that 140 million child marriages may take place between 2011 and 2020, cutting across most developed nations. On an average, this means 39,000 child marriages every day. The shocking numbers came at a time when India is debating strengthening laws on. crimes against women. One of the proposals under consideration is lowering the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years, irrespective of marriage. "Child marriage is an appalling violation of human rights and robs girls of their education, health and long-term prospects," Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA executive director said.
The UNFPA has also projected that of the 140 million girls who will be married under 18 by 2020, 50 mn will be under the age of 15.
Niger (75%),
Chad (68%),
the Central African Republic (68%),
Bangladesh (66%),
Guinea (63%),
Mozambique (56%),
Mali (55%),
Burkina Faso and South Sudan (52%)
and Malawi (50%)
are the top 10 nations with highest incidence of child marriages, according to the UNFPA.
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