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Journalist, filmmaker, faffer emma.ailes@bbc.co.uk
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Selling sex for gold in the Amazon's illegal mines

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By Emma Ailes 
| Yahoo
Dayane Leite never wanted to become a sex worker but at the age of 17 her husband died of a heart attack and she couldn’t pay for the funeral. Her home town, Itaituba in Brazil’s northern Para state, is at the heart of the country’s illegal gold-mining trade, so a friend suggested raising the money by having sex with miners, deep in the Amazon. “Going to the mines is a roll of the dice,” she says. “The women are seriously humiliated there. They may be slapped in the face and yelled at.
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Obama, Clooney and Gates: 'We can end child marriage in a generation'

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By Megha Mohan, Yousef ElDin, Emma Ailes 
| Flipboard
Obama, Clooney and Gates: 'We can end child marriage in a generation' Three of the world's most influential women have told BBC News they want to end child marriage within a generation. Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney and Melinda French Gates announced last year a collaboration between their foundations to combat the problem. At the current rate of progress, the UN has …
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'Nasci de um estupro, mas isso não me define'

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By Emma Ailes 
| Flipboard
BBC News | Brasil - Article information Author, Emma Ailes Role, BBC News Há 40 minutos Crianças concebidas como resultado de estupro logo serão reconhecidas como vítimas de crimes na Inglaterra e no País de Gales, diz o governo. A BBC ouviu filhos de mulheres que foram estupradas - e explicam por que se recusam a deixar o ...
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