Female police officers training with Kalashnikov rifles. NATO defence ministers have approved a mission to train the Afghan police in paramilitary skills in a bid to cut the force's soaring death rate...

A typing class given by Mr Innocent Lewis at the ITC Computer Training School Special Mass Computer Literacy Programme.

A typing class given by Mr Innocent Lewis at the ITC Computer Training School Special Mass Computer Literacy Programme.

Patients at the Dawanau Psychiatric Hospital, one of the few state-run mental health facilities where admission is free. It is the only Psychiatric Hospital hospital in Kano State, which has a populat...

Patients at the Dawanau Psychiatric Hospital, one of the few state-run mental health facilities where admission is free. It is the only Psychiatric Hospital hospital in Kano State, which has a populat...

A patient lies on a foam mattress at the Dawanau Psychiatric Hospital, one of the few state-run mental health facilities where admission is free. It is the only Psychiatric Hospital hospital in Kano S...

Zahra, who set herself on fire in 2006, reveals her burn scars at a hostel which provides training in vocational skills in Herat. The hostel is run by the Association for Cooperation with Afghanistan...

Female police officers training with Kalashnikov rifles. NATO defence ministers have approved a mission to train the Afghan police in paramilitary skills in a bid to cut the force's soaring death rate...

Rosalie (L) in her third and last year of hairdressing training at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti. She fled her family to avoid forced marriage. On the right Odile, in her first year of training, a...

A mural on a wall at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti which since 1951 has been welcoming young girls fleeing early and forced marriages. 110 girls are currently in this home which provides them with...

The mother superior, Sister Veronique talks with Abibou (13), who fled a child marriage, at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti which since 1951 has been welcoming young girls fleeing early and forced m...

Abibou (13) (right), who arrived at the home a year ago to escape a child marriage, does her studies with one of her friends in their dormitory at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti which since 1951 ha...

Abibou (13) and Edith dancing in the grounds of the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti. Both girls fled forced child marriages and have found refuge at the centre which, since 1951, has been welcoming youn...

A police crowd control exercise conducted by officers in riot gear on purpose built streets at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Police and 'demonstrators' face each other on a purpose built street at the police training centre in Gravesend. Several purpose built false fronted streets have been built to make the training more l...