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Economic Survey dwells on SDG achievements

The Economic Survey highlights the importance of balancing rapid economic growth with conservation, ecological security and environmental sustainability. A day before presenting the budget before...

OWSA Staff - 31 January 2022

Human rights

A special adviser to probe racism and discrimination at UN

A survey of UN staff in Geneva revealed that “more than one in three staff have personally experienced racial discrimination and/or have witnessed others...

Inter Press Service - 31 January 2022

Civil society

WHO funding model ‘left world ill-prepared’ for COVID

Two letters, both signed by global health leaders and non-profits have called on the WHO leadership to review its funding strategy. The signatories have...

SciDevNet - 30 January 2022

Policy analysis

When will countries ever learn how well to do fuel subsidy reforms?

For resource rich countries like Kazakhstan, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nigeria, subsidized energy, especially from fossil fuels, is one of the few tangible ways by...

Inter Press Service - 30 January 2022

COVID-19

ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

Military takeover has hammered labour market already weakened by impact of COVID-19, women workers hit hardest, says the UN organisation. Some 1.6 million jobs were...

OWSA Staff - 29 January 2022

Environment

Budget 2022: Renewable energy sector seeks duty cuts, expanded PLI scheme

Apart from supporting India’s nascent renewable energy sector, Budget 2022 will seek to create a fiscal roadmap for achieving the country’s net zero commitment...

Policy Circle - 29 January 2022

COVID-19

How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Asia’s indigenous women

Lockdown measures and restrictive policies in the wake of COVID-19 have led to shrinkage of livelihood options for indigenous women and severely affected household...

OWSA Contributor - 28 January 2022

Human rights

ICRC still clueless on data breach

ICRC’s “deep data drive” into the hacking of its servers does not seem to have yielded much, except the knowledge that hackers had been...

OWSA Staff - 27 January 2022

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