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Civil society

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...

Inter Press Service - 31 March 2022

COVID-19

Discrimination, Debt and Depression: Delhi’s Transgender people through COVID-19

A sense of trepidation hung wordlessly in the air as volunteers milled around corridors when Aarohan’s doors reopened for staff, volunteers and members of...

OWSA Contributor - 31 March 2022

Bangladesh

UN Launches Joint Response Plan for Rohingya Crisis

Bangladesh is “temporarily sheltering” over a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. This costs the country enormous resources. This is where the humanitarian agencies step...

OWSA Staff - 30 March 2022

Accountability

IMF red flags Sri Lanka’s China-backed tax free zone

The Colombo Port City SEZ conflicts with OECD’s minimum global tax regime. As a dollarized entity, the Port City has been envisaged to be...

OWSA Contributor - 30 March 2022

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...

Inter Press Service - 30 March 2022

Empowerment

Poor Data Hamstrings Gender Equity Reporting in India

Achieving gender equity is a major development challenge facing countries such as India. The sex ratio — the ratio of the number of females...

East Asia Forum - 30 March 2022

Accountability

Cambodia: French Court Indicts Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen Cronies

Arrest warrants have been issued for generals in the 1997 grenade attack on an opposition demonstration that killed 16, injured 150. The gathering was...

OWSA Contributor - 29 March 2022

Civil society