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Agri-business

Farmers Protest in Netherlands

In scenes reminiscent of the farmers’ protests in India, the Dutch farmers too brought their loaded tractors on to city streets. The farmer leaders...

OWSA Contributor - 6 July 2022

Civil society

Diversity, Inclusion and the Young

The youth policies the governments in Pakistan and other countries of SouthAsia develop are normally full of cliches that regurgitate the same banal statements....

OWSA Contributor - 6 July 2022

Accountability

Oxfam Kit A Sole Acknowledgement of An ASHA’s Work During COVID-19 Pandemic

The nature of Vinita’s job took a drastic turn as she went door-to-door while people stayed indoors — some fearing a police crackdown; others...

OWSA Contributor - 6 July 2022

Accreditation

Maldives New ‘Evidence’ Law Undermines Media Freedom

The Maldives Media Council (MMC), Maldives Journalist Association (MJA), and Transparency Maldives all condemned the law, saying it contravened constitutional protections for the media....

OWSA Contributor - 5 July 2022

Accountability

UN’s “No-Fly List” on Sexual Harassment Falls Short, Complains Rights Group

Present and past employees are continuing to raise the alarm about the wide-scale under-reporting of sexual harassment and abuse across UN institutions. There is...

Inter Press Service - 5 July 2022

Bangladesh

First Person: “Engage with us to find a durable solution”

“We do not know how we can ever return to our homes. We are neither safe in the refugee camps nor in Arakan ....

OWSA Contributor - 5 July 2022

Accountability

Solving India’s Sanitation Scourge

Three years since the alleged success of the sanitation intervention, the ruling BJP repeatedly labels the campaign a ‘success’. The party now mentions open...

East Asia Forum - 4 July 2022

Climate change

New World Records: More Weapons than Ever. And a Hunger Crisis Like No Other

Conflict is still the biggest driver of hunger, with 60 per cent of the world's hungry living in areas affected by war and violence....

Inter Press Service - 4 July 2022

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