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Women at the grassroots in Nepal are being empowered to address all forms of violence against them and their children.

Community-based Paralegal Committee programmes, supported by UNICEF, were created initially to stop the trafficking of persons.

But more recently, the committees are settling domestic disputes, matters relating to property rights, fighting discrimination and also promoting family health rights.

John Britte UNICEF’s Chief Communications officer described to Dianne Penn how these paralegal committees work.

A documentary film celebrating the life of the late Jewish prodigy, Petr Ginz, murdered during the Holocaust, will soon go global.

Using Petr’s art and writings, The Last Flight of Petr Ginz will help teach teenagers worldwide about how destructive hatred and prejudice are.

Nazism led to the extermination of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1933 and 1945.

More than a million and a half were children. The film highlights a novel Petr wrote at 12, an allegory about the Nazi party.

Over the past six years there has been a rise in the number of think tanks in developing countries, including some African nations. And although their number is still relatively small, the analysis and research they provide on key issues, including national security, help governments and civil society in formulating policies.

James G. McGann heads the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania in the USA. It compiles an annual report ranking thousands of think tanks globally, the latest of which was launched on Wednesday at the United Nations.