TEHRAN, November 12 -Infant girls who were fed soy formula had a greater risk of developing severe menstrual pain as young adults, according to a study of African Americans.
TEHRAN, April 14 - Nigeria marks the fourth anniversary of the mass kidnapping of over 200 school girls by Daesh-linked Boko Haram terrorists in the northeastern town of Chibok with renewed calls for their release.
TEHRAN, February 26 - Nigeria has confirmed another mass kidnapping of school girls in the militancy-riddled northeast, saying it has deployed extra troops and planes to search for over 100 girls , who remain missing following a Boko Haram raid on their school last week.
Tehran, YJC. -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2014 said according to the UN estimates, there are more than 18 million people kept as slave labourers.
TEHRAN, 5 February 2014 (UNIC)—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), 6 February 2014, while announcing that more than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is most prevalent and data exist, warned that some 86 million young girls worldwide are likely to experience some form of the practice by 2030.