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Finance and Economy

The Lessons of the Economic War on Russia

Counterintuitively — at least to defence hawks who see economic openness as a threat — the collective economic sanctions imposed after Russia’s brutal invasion...

East Asia Forum - 23 March 2022

Governance

UN’s Guterres Must be Visibly Proactive as Peacemaker in Ukraine

Briefing reporters on Ukraine, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the latest developments in Ukraine are testing “the entire international system”. He added “we...

Inter Press Service - 23 March 2022

Empowerment

Four among 25 Sri Lankan university students say they have been sexually harassed, even raped, says study

A report released Tuesday on ragging and sexual and gender based violence in Sri Lankan State universities highlights grave consequences young women face in...

OWSA Contributor - 23 March 2022

Afghanistan

Former Afghan Judges Demand Taliban to Return Them Their Jobs, Salaries

The judges, dismissed immediately after the Taliban overthrew the elected government, have filed a suit demanding that the Taliban return them to their positions...

OWSA Contributor - 23 March 2022

Accountability

Disproportionate military crackdowns in Myanmar

The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, said that Myanmar's military forces are committing human rights violations with the impunity that they perpetrated four years ago...

OWSA Staff - 22 March 2022

Afghanistan

Taliban, Chinese Mining Conglomerate, to Discuss Copper Mining in Logar Province

A deal signed in 2008 with the previous US-backed government, but it came to a standstill after a Taliban-led attack. By Maliha Safi A Chinese delegation...

OWSA Contributor - 22 March 2022

Civil society

World Happiness Index: Why Happiness and Wellbeing Count More Than Income

India ranks 131st in HDI ranking, 139th in the Happiness Index, 129th in the World Inequality Index, 135th in the Global Peace Index, 142nd...

Policy Circle - 22 March 2022

Agri-business

Ukraine war poses growing threat to global food security

The Ukraine crisis could lead to millions more people going hungry. Wheat prices have soared following the Russian invasion of the country and global...

SciDevNet - 22 March 2022

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