Mr. Firihenkulhi and Ms. Anhenkulhi 2011!

This competition is part of a program to raise awareness on rights of homosexuals to Maldivians. To join this competition, you just need to raise awareness amongst Maldivians through facebook, twitter, websites, blogs, newspapers, radio, TV etc...etc on homosexuality and our rights etc. Evaluation criteria: 1. Creativity 2. Number of people who received your message 3. Significant changes to lives of homosexuals in Maldives cause of your project Visit the event on facebook via link...

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Paedophile dentist handed to police

A 55 year-old orthodontist at ADK hospital in Male has been handed to police after the discovery that he had fled the US facing charges of child molestation. According to a 1997 report in the New York Times, Kenneth D’Cunha was accused of fleeing the US to escape charges of involvement in a Manhattan pedophile ring and in particular, the sodomy of three young boys. “Prosecutors said he was part of a ring of men who gave teen-age boys drugs and cash in exchange for sex. The ring was broken up in 1986. Five members of the ring were found guilty. Mr D’Cunha was charged but fled the country,” the NYT reported. He was eventually discovered by chance 11 years later working in New Zealand when he sued an employer for wrongful dismissal, and was extradited to the  United States....

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Child protection conference ongoing at Bandos

 via Minivan News The Ministry of Health’s Department of Gender and Family is hosting the National Conference on Working Together for the Protection of Children, over two days at Bandos Island Resort and Spa. Speaking at the opening of the two-day conference yesterday, President Mohamed Nasheed expressed concern over rising incidences of sexual, physical and psychological violence against children in the Maldives. Visits to islands and report from government departments, UN Agencies and NGOs revealed “a bleak picture of violence against children,” Nasheed said. He emphasised the benefits of providing immediate assistance directly...

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