It’s a common sight in Manila to see single male foreigners with young girls on their arms.
April 2005's Issue
Recounting lives lived with a fierce and admirable courage, street children speak out about the way the world has treated them and make no bones about it. This month’s NI sweeps aside the usual selection of articles to introduce you directly to some of these children, so often pushed to the margins or spoken for by others. From boiling noodles in a sewage pit to selling sex without a condom, these young individuals testify to suffering on a scale that defies our understanding. Yet their stories are full of honesty, generosity and hope for a better future. With a dignity that is humbling, their stories invite us to value the truth of what they have to tell.
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Featured in issue 377
From Croydon to Cuba... An Anthology
From Croydon to Cuba - An Anthology by Kirsty MacColl
- Louise Gray
- 1 Apr 2005
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Rukshana: 'It's easy to fall in love, but very difficult to endure it'
Why boys are a pain for a Mumbai girl on the move. Interview in India by Dionne Bunsha.
- Dionne Bunsha
- 1 Apr 2005
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United Nations of America?
NI editorial comment - United Nations of America?
- New Internationalist Editorial
- 1 Apr 2005
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Nicole:‘I’m out here for a reason; I’m not regretting it any more’
From panhandling to picking up on a lost education in Toronto, Canada. Interview by Noreen Shanahan.
- Noreen Shanahan
- 1 Apr 2005
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Romero remembered
In memoriam Archbishop Romero, murdered in El Salvador 25 years ago.
- Wayne Ellwood
- 1 Apr 2005
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Fair trade for sale
Floating on the stock exchange; giving seals of approval to big corporations: what on earth is going on in the fair trade movement? David Ransom sounds the alarm.
- David Ransom
- 1 Apr 2005
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Dolgion: 'life Is Given Only Once'
People call us transheiny [sewage] kids and shun us. I’ve been living like this for the last four years. Before we lived in Yarmag District [an Ulaanbaatar suburb] in a gher [traditional felt-covered round tent of nomads]. My mother
- New Internationalist
- 1 Apr 2005
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Interview with Rana Husseini
Jordanian journalist Rana Husseini has devoted her career to campaigning against ‘honour killings’
- Alasdair Soussi
- 1 Apr 2005
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The waves that woke the world
The aftermath and implications of the Asian tsunami. Includes: the Burmese migrant workers who were forgotten victims; caste discrimination in India even amid the tsunami trauma; an NI reader on helping to identify bodies in Thailand.
Abir Abdullah
Bangladeshi women who have survived acid attacks perform a play, photographed by Abir Abdullah.
- Abir Abdullah
- 1 Apr 2005
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Iraq, Inc: A Profitable Occupation
Iraq, Inc: A Profitable Occupation by Pratap Chatterjee
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Apr 2005
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Lean-Joy:'I shouldn't lose hope because it won't be forever'
Determination and hope in Manila, the Philippines.
- Dinyar Godrej
- 1 Apr 2005
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An invitation to read between the lines
Dinyar Godrej explains why children should do the talking… and we should listen.
- Dinyar Godrej
- 1 Apr 2005
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Tanya:'Its better to die of AIDS than hunger'
Sex and sisterhood in Harare, Zimbabwe. Interview by Stanley Karombo.
- Stanley Karombo
- 1 Apr 2005
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