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From Buttocks to Electronic Bracelets: How Governments are Using Cybercrime Laws to Target Women and LGBTQIA+ People
Many studies show how women and gender-diverse people are more commonly targeted by technology-facilitated violence. This problem is now further compounded by the legislative...
Freedom of speech and expression
Pakistan’s Transgender Legislation in the Line of Fire
To rule out “real from fake” transgender people, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed’s bill has recommended constituting a gender reassignment medical board in every district, which...
Empowerment
Iran Convicts LBGTQ+ Activists for ‘Corruption on Earth’
Human rights experts have expressed concerns to the Iranian Government that the two women may have been arbitrarily detained, ill-treated, and prosecuted on the...
Accountability
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...
COVID-19
Discrimination, Debt and Depression: Delhi’s Transgender people through COVID-19
A sense of trepidation hung wordlessly in the air as volunteers milled around corridors when Aarohan’s doors reopened for staff, volunteers and members of...
Gender
Canada becomes fifth country to ban conversion therapy
Canada outlaws attempts to use any form of therapy to convert lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.
Canada last week became the fifth country after Brazil,...
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The Power of Youth: In Vanuatu, Young Red Cross Volunteers Keep the Water Flowing
Youth Red Cross volunteers of Vanuatu join hands with elders and their communities to reduce climate impacts, from flooding...
GEF Initiative to Curb Toxic Impacts of Agriculture in Seven Countries, Including India
Highly hazardous persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from agriculture release toxic persistent organic pollutants into the environment, also harming human...
Thailand’s ‘Humanitarian Corridor’ for Myanmar Faces Pushback
Human rights activists and humanitarian workers on the Thai-Myanmar border remain highly sceptical of the initiative, denouncing it as...
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The Power of Youth: In Vanuatu, Young Red Cross Volunteers Keep the Water Flowing
Youth Red Cross volunteers of Vanuatu join hands with...
GEF Initiative to Curb Toxic Impacts of Agriculture in Seven Countries, Including India
Highly hazardous persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from agriculture release...
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