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Gender
Civil society
Women demand peace and justice on the streets of Myanmar
The coming Tuesday 8 March will be the second international women’s day since the brutal coup erupted in Myanmar – and women remain fiercely...
Empowerment
How to communicate with women entrepreneurs
A project launched to identify the right communication strategies to reach out to women entrepreneurs of rural Bihar suggests such campaigns should focus on...
Empowerment
Can men contribute to women’s empowerment?
Women are expected to manage the home, while men are expected to be providers and usually have more roles outside the home. These roles...
Bangladesh
Hefazat-e-Islam and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh
Although Bangladesh has now adopted a zero-tolerance approach to extremism, efforts are lacking to counter violent ideology and behaviours by non-state actors. The conventional...
Education for all
The humble hijab courts an unnecessary controversy
Many Muslim girls chose to wear hijabs. That choice cannot be denied unless they are violating any law or accepted norms of decency in...
Civil society
Nepal sees a hike in rights violations
INSEC-Nepal has documented 6,285 victims of human rights violence and abuses in 2021. There were 5,163 cases of women and 560 cases of men...
Civil society
Feminists, democratic groups condemn targeting hijab wearing Muslim students
An open letter signed by over a thousand people thus far says that the Hijab is just a pretext to impose apartheid on and...
E-governance
There is a need to unclothe cash transfer programmes!
It is pertinent to ask if a cash transfer allocation is good even if the scheme gets apportioned from the allocations required otherwise for...
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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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