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COVID-19
Researchers Document Profound Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women and Girls in Asia-Pacific
A research by the Joint Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has documented the impact of the...
Children
Women, Children Fleeing Ukraine Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
Local and international humanitarian organisations have warned women and children fleeing Ukraine are vulnerable to trafficking and gender-based violence within and outside the country...
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...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Girls’ Education is a Women’s Rights Issue
The right to education has been an oft-discussed, critical human rights issue for Afghanistan, especially when it comes to how, or even if, this...
Empowerment
Poor Data Hamstrings Gender Equity Reporting in India
Achieving gender equity is a major development challenge facing countries such as India. The sex ratio — the ratio of the number of females...
Afghanistan
UN Security Council Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over Restrictions in Afghanistan
The members of the Security Council stressed the importance of efforts by the international community to support Afghanistan, including on education.
In a statement released...
Climate change
Dangers Pakistani Pregnant Women Face in Extreme Summer Heat
Rising summer temperatures are exacerbating existing inequities in maternal and newborn health in Pakistan. Sexual and reproductive health and rights are central to climate...
Accountability
Sri Lanka Criminalising Same-sex Relationships, Breaching Rights, says UN women’s rights body
Sri Lankan authorities had not taken any legal or other measures to respect and protect a rights defender’s right to a life free from...
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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?
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