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Civil society

Child Labour

Marginalized Since Birth

Despite legal provisions, the births of many Dalit children in the Madhes are not registered, mostly due to a lack of documentation on the...

OWSA Contributor - 30 June 2022

Civil society

As Crises and Obstacles Stack Up, What Next for Funding?

Opportunity International UK is testing the water with impact investing, having launched a $100m partnership with Oikocredit, a social impact investor, to invest in...

OWSA Contributor - 30 June 2022

Governance

Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy

The US spent a whopping $44.2 billion on nuclear weapons. China was the only other country crossing the ten billion mark, spending 11.7 billion...

OWSA Contributor - 29 June 2022

Accountability

Jobs Will Not Empower Young Women Until We Address Sexual Harassment

Local authorities are often men who often dismiss their cases, blame the women, or telling them to be ‘forgiving’. Young women and their families...

Inter Press Service - 29 June 2022

Accountability

Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report

Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...

OWSA Staff - 28 June 2022

Accountability

Private Sector Employment: Do Gatekeepers Indeed Believe in Equal Opportunities?

As if it is a comment on the times we live in, the fictitious Hindu woman job applicant named Priyanka Sharma received 208 positive...

OWSA Staff - 28 June 2022

E-governance

G7’s ‘Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment’ is a Repackaged Form of ‘Build Back Better World’

The plan is to wean countries and governments away from China's Belt and Road Initiative that provides financing for infrastructure like ports, roads and...

OWSA Contributor - 28 June 2022

Civil society

A Look at Democracy in Pakistan – Part II

The earlier article, following a talk at Islamabad’s National Institute of Pakistan Studies, put an academic lens on understanding the nexus between Pakistan’s powerful...

OWSA Contributor - 28 June 2022

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