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    Myanmar, Women and Drugs – An Abusive Cocktail

    Punitive drug policies have disproportionate impacts on populations facing systemic marginalisation due to their ethnicity, gender, sexuality, migration status, and their socioeconomic conditions. Women...

    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...

    Ukraine war costs now exceeding US $100 billion in infrastructure damage

    If the war deepens and protracts further, up to 90 per cent of the population of Ukraine could be facing poverty and vulnerability to...

    Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and the Pacific

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is becoming increasingly distant. The region must use the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a roadmap to a...

    Is the Indian police reform-able?

    Police officers have often spoken of the need for independence from the political bosses and that police reforms are the only way to go...

    Sri Lanka: UN Report Describes Alarming Rights Situation

    UN's human rights body has recommended targeted sanctions on Sri Lankan rights violators, pursuing justice for international crimes and providing asylum for Sri Lankans...

    Sri Lanka: UN rights chief welcomes reform but concerns remain

    Sri Lanka has taken steps towards legal, institutional and security sector reforms, but more action is still needed, according to a report issued on...

    Firm, unified response needed to russia’s aggression

    In the context of conflict, there’s a need to monitor and collect evidence of human rights violations – with the aim of one day...

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    World Economy Teeters on Recessionary Edge amid Rising Trade Tensions and Financial Uncertainty, UNCTAD Warns

    The report stresses that as the world stares down the possibility of a widespread recession, the urgency for cohesive, multilateral solutions has never been greater.
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    Bangladesh: Commission Pushes Sweeping Legal Reforms to Eliminate Gender Disparities

    The commission called for enforcement of the existing rule mandating 33 per cent women’s representation in political parties under the Representation of the People Order. It also proposed institutional reforms within parties to address corruption and create enabling environments for women.

    UN Trade Body Urges US to Exempt Vulnerable Economies from Tariff Hikes amid Rising Trade Tensions

    Despite their marginal impact, many of these countries could face tariff rates as high as 50 per cent, such as Lesotho, while Cameroon could face 11 per cent.

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    World Economy Teeters on Recessionary Edge amid Rising Trade Tensions and Financial Uncertainty, UNCTAD Warns

    The report stresses that as the world stares down the possibility of a widespread recession, the urgency for cohesive, multilateral solutions has never been greater.

    Bangladesh: Commission Pushes Sweeping Legal Reforms to Eliminate Gender Disparities

    The commission called for enforcement of the existing rule mandating 33 per cent women’s representation in political parties under the Representation of the People Order. It also proposed institutional reforms within parties to address corruption and create enabling environments for women.