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Accountability

Pakistan’s Coal Miners Mourn For The Dead; Fight For The Living

More workers have lost their lives in Pakistan’s deadly coal mines this month. 18 miners have been killed at work in May alone, according...

OWSA Contributor - 26 May 2022

Human rights

Ukraine Refugee Rape Survivors Struggle to Access Abortions in Conservative Poland

As well as complying with the stringent laws on abortions, refugees must also battle widespread stigmatisation fuelled by a vocally anti-abortion government. The right-wing,...

Inter Press Service - 26 May 2022

Civil society

New Medicines May Help End AIDS – But High Prices and Monopolies Could Keep the Poor Locked Out

On the current trajectory, most people who need them will not be able to get them any time soon, because high prices and monopolies...

Inter Press Service - 25 May 2022

Child Rights

Reclaiming Our Future

As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...

Inter Press Service - 25 May 2022

Child Rights

Nepal Responsible for Torture, Rape and Killing of Teenage Girl: UN Rights Committee

Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act specifically says that those responsible for sexual violence are not eligible for amnesty. But the authorities are yet...

OWSA Contributor - 24 May 2022

Civil society

Human Rights Must Be At Heart Of Solution To Sri Lanka Crisis

The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no signs of ending any time soon, with the country’s newly installed Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe,...

OWSA Contributor - 24 May 2022

Accountability

COVID-19 Could Derail SDGs for Next Five Years, Says Report

The progress of SDGs was already lagging before the pandemic. Scientists have warned that COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action...

SciDevNet - 24 May 2022

Child Labour

Former Child Labourer, now Lawyer, Passes Light of Freedom to Others

“It’s very necessary because the leaders, the decision-makers, sometimes forget, sometimes neglect what they promised. They need to be reminded. And also, because the...

Inter Press Service - 20 May 2022

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Nepal Sets Mid-February 2027 Deadline for FATF Compliance as Secretaries Ordered to Deliver Results

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