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New Anti-Rape Crisis Centre Brings Hope for Sexual Abuse Survivors in Pakistan
The centre will offer free legal assistance to ensure that the forensic examination and tests are done correctly and lawyers can argue their cases...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Aid Cutbacks, Taliban Abuses Imperil Health
The loss of foreign assistance has severely harmed Afghanistan’s healthcare system and exacerbated malnutrition and illnesses resulting from inadequate medical care. In addition, Taliban...
Child Rights
Guterres: End ‘Abhorrent Practice’ of Female Genital Mutilation
Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday, appealing for action to stamp out...
Child Rights
Two Mothers Killed Each Hour in Gaza Conflict: UN Women
Women and children account for roughly 70 per cent of people killed in the war in Gaza, with two mothers killed every hour since...
Bangladesh
South Asian Women, Girls Need Responsive Legal System to Gender Violence
Long delays in medical examinations, police investigations, prosecutions, and trials are widespread. Survivors often have difficulties filing cases with the police and face community...
E-governance
Using Artificial Intelligence to Protect Maternal Health
An interdisciplinary team is developing a mobile health platform that uses AI to detect infection in Cesarean section wounds. The mobile platform uses artificial...
Maternal and Child Health
Abortion in Canada — Legal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma
Abortion access differs by province partly because healthcare in Canada is a provincial responsibility. According to 2019 figures, Quebec has the highest number of access...
Climate change
Women’s Lives Get Harder in Bundelkhand as Water Scarcity Grows
Up to 70 per cent of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to...
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Honeywell India Boosts Innovation by Funding Deep Science Startups Through Partnership with IISc
In last four years of its partnership, Honeywell has supported over 40 start-ups and the group plans to on-board...
Critical Negotiations on Plastic Pollution Begin Tuesday, in Ottawa
The world has a once-in-a-generation chance to profoundly change humanity’s relationship with plastic. That is the message from officials...
Five Pathways to Transform Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific
Asia faces unprecedented food security challenges due to soaring rice prices, climate-induced disasters, and ecosystem degradation. Strategic action is...
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Honeywell India Boosts Innovation by Funding Deep Science Startups Through Partnership with IISc
In last four years of its partnership, Honeywell has...
Critical Negotiations on Plastic Pollution Begin Tuesday, in Ottawa
The world has a once-in-a-generation chance to profoundly change...
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