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Gender
COVID-19
ILO-WHO Global Study on Gender Pay Gap in Health and Care Sector Silent on India
Lower wages and discrimination come out as important features of the challenges women employed in the health and care face, according to an ILO...
Bangladesh
BRAC Celebrates 50 Years: A Case for Social Development Founded and Led By The Global South
BRAC celebrates 50 years and has reached over nine million people living in extreme poverty through its Ultra-Poor Graduation program, which introduces a set...
Justice
Nepal Passes Law to Regulate Sale of Acid
There are about 40 cases of acid attacks every year in Nepal and three-quarters of the victims are women. So far, the law provided...
Child marriage
Swara Kills, Says Young Pakistani Bride
Swara, also known as Vani and Budla-i-sulh, is dispute resolution method where women and girls are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved...
Diversity
When Will The UN Get Its First Woman Secretary-General?
Permanent representatives to the UN are nominated by their respective governments — and each member state takes it turn, in geographical rotation, to field...
Accountability
UN’s “No-Fly List” on Sexual Harassment Falls Short, Complains Rights Group
Present and past employees are continuing to raise the alarm about the wide-scale under-reporting of sexual harassment and abuse across UN institutions. There is...
Asia Pacific
Reimagining Ageing: Older Persons as Agents of Development
Older persons, especially older women, also make important contributions as caregivers to both children and other older persons. This unpaid care enables younger people...
Afghanistan
Suicides by Afghan Women on a Daily Basis
Troubling news of women committing suicide racked the Human Rights Council as it heard of the desperate situation of women in the strife-torn country.
Afghanistan’s...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review...
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