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Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report
Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...
Accountability
Japan’s Kishida Retreats from New Capitalism
When it came to the foundational principle — that healthy growth and a more equal distribution of income needed each other — Kishida surrendered...
Accountability
Private Sector Employment: Do Gatekeepers Indeed Believe in Equal Opportunities?
As if it is a comment on the times we live in, the fictitious Hindu woman job applicant named Priyanka Sharma received 208 positive...
E-governance
G7’s ‘Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment’ is a Repackaged Form of ‘Build Back Better World’
The plan is to wean countries and governments away from China's Belt and Road Initiative that provides financing for infrastructure like ports, roads and...
Civil society
A Look at Democracy in Pakistan – Part II
The earlier article, following a talk at Islamabad’s National Institute of Pakistan Studies, put an academic lens on understanding the nexus between Pakistan’s powerful...
Civil society
A Major Retrogression: UN Rights Experts on US Supreme Court Striking Down Roe v. Wade
The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to strike down a nearly fifty-year-old legal precedent that has protected women’s right to...
Accountability
UNAMA Says Taliban Interference Rising
Civil society organizations working in Afghanistan face difficulties in hiring Afghan women staff. The UN says the psychosocial costs of denial of rights to...
Air
India’s Rejection of Global Environment Report ‘Perilous’
The Environmental Performance Index 2022 ranked India as world’s least environmentally sustainable country. India rejected the report, challenging its methodology. The EPI report’s chief...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole...
Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
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