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Accountability

The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity

For the hundreds and thousands of Rohingya refugees who entered southern Bangladesh through beaches and paddy fields in 2017, “they brought with them accounts...

Inter Press Service - 25 August 2022

Agri-business

R&D in Agriculture and Food Declining, Experts Say

Experts are concerned that R&D investments in food and agriculture are declining, even as interesting patterns appear to mark the investments. The Asia Pacific...

SciDevNet - 25 August 2022

Gender

Women Have Always Trailed Men in Research Output: How COVID Made the Situation Worse

Academic mothers were caught up in the demands of competing roles. These included teaching online, nurturing vulnerable students, comforting anxious children, taking care of...

OWSA Contributor - 18 August 2022

Climate change

‘Truly Scary’, Says Climate Change Diseases Study

58 per cent of diseases made worse by climate change and heatwaves can enhance power of viruses, says a study published in the Nature...

SciDevNet - 18 August 2022

Climate change

Climate Change Conclusion: Time for Bold Action

Besides displacement and migration of people, climate change’s worsening of air and water quality is expected to contribute to the spread of certain diseases and human...

Inter Press Service - 16 August 2022

Asia Pacific

Monsoon ‘Pulls’ Climate-Changing Chemicals Into Atmosphere

Scientists are studying how monsoon winds impact climate change as pollutants drawn into the upper atmosphere disrupt the Asian monsoon. Scientists are now sampling...

SciDevNet - 16 August 2022

Climate change

Firefighters Arrive from across Europe to Battle Massive Wildfire

French firefighters, together with firefighters from other European countries, managed to contain the spread of a "monster" fire that broke out on Tuesday night...

OWSA Contributor - 15 August 2022

Civil society

140 Aid Workers Died in 2021, says OCHA

According to data from the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Outcomes, more than 140 aid workers were killed in the line of duty last year – the highest number...

OWSA Contributor - 15 August 2022

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