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Education
UN Should Aspire to Turn Sports into a Tool for Social Change
Sports can be a glue that connects people but it can also be a potent platform where disadvantaged persons can train their skills and...
Accountability
In Sri Lanka, Rajapaksas on the Ropes
With the economy in freefall and basics such as food and fuel in dangerously short supply, there is mounting public anger against a failing...
Governance
A Battle Between a UN Chief & US Envoy Ends in a Decisive Blow with an American Veto
The independence of the Secretary-General is a longstanding myth perpetuated mostly outside the UN. But as an international civil servant, he is expected to...
COVID-19
Researchers Document Profound Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women and Girls in Asia-Pacific
A research by the Joint Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has documented the impact of the...
Children
Women, Children Fleeing Ukraine Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
Local and international humanitarian organisations have warned women and children fleeing Ukraine are vulnerable to trafficking and gender-based violence within and outside the country...
Governance
Do we Really Need a World Ranking to Measure Happiness?
The idea of a ranking on happiness risks defeating the purpose of the gigantic and noble effort of better understanding how we can be...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Girls’ Education is a Women’s Rights Issue
The right to education has been an oft-discussed, critical human rights issue for Afghanistan, especially when it comes to how, or even if, this...
Governance
UN’s Guterres Must be Visibly Proactive as Peacemaker in Ukraine
Briefing reporters on Ukraine, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the latest developments in Ukraine are testing “the entire international system”. He added “we...
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Bangladesh Garment Workers must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately: Amnesty International
Garment workers are paid poverty wages and face innumerable obstacles including...
Attacks Target Afghanistan’s Hazaras
Like the previous Afghan government, Taliban authorities have not taken adequate measures...
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