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Anna Coal Mine

Silesia

It was founded in 1832, and in 2004 it was attached to Rydułtów Coal Mine. In 2012 it was closed. In the years 1914–1919, a complex of buildings of the Chrobry I shaft and a power plant were built here according to the plans of the famous modernist architect Hans Poelzig. He designed, among others, The Grand Theater in Berlin and the Upper Silesian Tower in Poznań.

An estimated 1,400 girls are not born every year in Armenia due to a rooted preference for male children. The son-bias combined with a lower birth rate, has led to an alarming number of sex-selective abortions. Community activities, various laws and television shows are addressing the issue - with positive results. But is the actual problem being tackled?