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Human rights
Reports of Sexual Violence in Ukraine Rising Fast, UN Security Council Told
Protection challenges facing the nearly 6.8 million people who have fled the country are unprecedented. As of 3 June, the Human Rights Monitoring Team...
Accountability
As If On Cue from India’s Railway Police, Pak PM Attempts to Make Travel Safer for Women
As the Pakistan Prime Minister announced measures to ensure safety of women passengers on trains, the coincidences with the women safety intents of the...
Civil society
If Women Don’t Lead, We’ll Lose the Battle Against Climate Crisis
The urgency of the climate emergency is creeping closer and closer to home. Oxfam’s recent report “Inequality kills” warned that 231,000 people each year...
Accountability
Railway Police Rescue 150 Women And Girls During a Special Operation
Railways have undertaken awareness campaigns to educate rail users regarding safety of women and essential travel-related behaviour and practices.
As part of its pan-India ‘Operation...
Empowerment
Spelling Out: Supreme Court Ruling On Sex Work As A Legal Profession
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that sex workers were entitled to dignity and equal protection under the law, saying they shouldn't...
Empowerment
Gulabi Sambad: Discussing What Needs Discussion
One podcast hopes to provide a safe, open space for young people in Nepal to talk about menstruation, consent, and sexual and reproductive health.
By...
Child Rights
Is This Nepal’s Nirbhaya Moment?
People, at times even a few thousands of them, have come out to rally in support of an abused Nepali woman, galvanized by a...
Human rights
Ukraine Refugee Rape Survivors Struggle to Access Abortions in Conservative Poland
As well as complying with the stringent laws on abortions, refugees must also battle widespread stigmatisation fuelled by a vocally anti-abortion government. The right-wing,...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...
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