Let’s give her some time. It seems legitimate, however, that a religious woman holds this position, knowing that the vast majority of consecrated individuals are religious men and even more so ...

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Kalali contests Section 115 of the Penal Code Act, which criminalizes indecent assaults and insulting the modesty of a woman or girl, punishable by 14 years or 1-year imprisonment, respectively. Human ...

Specifically, he is contesting Section 115 of the Penal Code Act, which protects only women and girls from indecent assaults and insults. These offenses are punishable by up to 14 years and one year ...

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but Deolira's family and doctors are confident that she will soon take the religious woman's title. "She is still not in the book, but she is the oldest in the world according to the documents ...

The institution currently features another Brazilian, Inah Canabarro Lucas, a nun from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul as the oldest living person at 116 years, but Deolira's family and ...