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COVID-19
Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on
In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly designated 6 February as the international day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation, with the aim...
COVID-19
ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021
Military takeover has hammered labour market already weakened by impact of COVID-19, women workers hit hardest, says the UN organisation.
Some 1.6 million jobs were...
COVID-19
How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Asia’s indigenous women
Lockdown measures and restrictive policies in the wake of COVID-19 have led to shrinkage of livelihood options for indigenous women and severely affected household...
Afghanistan
Convicts freed, hound victims. Victims in prison
A research by Amnesty International points to survivors of gender-based violence being abandoned following Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and their husbands are on the...
Bangladesh
A wee bit of seed money ushers in big time change
From tending to a kitchen garden or rearing a cow, to making handicraft items or running a small village shop, some 800-plus women, all...
Afghanistan
Disabled, jobless and vulnerable: The story of a woman Afghan prosecutor
The former Afghan prosecutor is today jobless and is living in fear and in penury. That she is a woman and is disabled only...
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,...
Afghanistan
Banners in Kabul order women to cover themselves
Posters have come up all over Kabul city conveying the Taliban's message to women instructing them to wear the all-encompassing burqa and the black...
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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
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