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Voluntary action

Surviving on a diet of rice, oil and beans – and hunger, insecurities and COVID-19

Squatters on the outskirts of Myanmar’s capital city, Yangon, juggle their need for food with the fear of eviction. Their existence get yet further...

OWSA Contributor - 15 January 2022

Civil society

No infrastructure planning can match civil society led collective action

Policy makers and planners must acknowledge people's action and take these into account in their planning efforts. People’s action can do wonders. The case...

OWSA Contributor - 6 January 2022

Features

Once tossed and abused, human trafficking survivor finds solace

Survivors of human trafficking need help to deal with post-rescue trauma, and the experience they go through during identification interviews and legal proceedings is...

Inter Press Service - 5 January 2022

Civil society

Public health emergencies are our past, our present, and we will face them again

Never before has the need for a localised approach to crises been so evident. Jagan Chapagain As we end this year, I would like to pay...

OWSA Contributor - 28 December 2021

Children

Missionaries of Charity bank account frozen, tweets Mamta Banerjee

Bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity in India have been frozen, according to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee. Bank accounts of the Missionaries...

OWSA Staff - 27 December 2021

Afghanistan

Open Letter to the Secretary General, Heads of UN Agencies & International Donor Community

Former UN Women staff members Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, Roberta Clarke and Meryem Aslan, together with women leaders and advocates from civil society organisations write...

Inter Press Service - 26 December 2021

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