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The report said figures on numbers involved in crime had to be treated with caution as there was a widespread reluctance across many parts of the south central area to report crime either out of fear of reprisal or the belief that little would be done about it. It found most crime in the Ballyfermot area is not reported by local people which had a big impact on crime data.
In 1940s North Carolina, a Communist-led union of tobacco workers fought to bring democracy to the Jim Crow South. Above: An R. J. Reynolds supervisor watches workers during a 1947 strike by Local 22.
Research shows, secondary education for girls must continue to be encouraged; it opens up doors for their future careers with vocational advancement, making them highly likely to achieve economic empowerment; and as a result they are able to pull themselves and their family out of poverty, as well as act as an encouragement for their next generation to continue to narrow the gender inequality gap which in turn will create fewer child brides.
