BEIRUT BLAST - One year on
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4 August 2021, marks a year since a devastating explosion ripped through the port of Beirut. The blast killed 200 people, injured more than 6,500 and changed the lives of hundreds of thousands. A year on, amidst a growing national economic crisis, the situation facing girls and young women in Lebanon remains precarious.
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