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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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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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    Employment

    Debt, Detention and Broken Dreams: How Nepal’s American Dream Turned into Jail for Young Migrants

    Human traffickers and migration agents still find willing clients because the alternative feels equally bleak to many young people.
    Child marriage

    Nearly 11 a Day: Pakistan’s Child Abuse Crisis Persists

    United Nations experts and local organisations agree that most intra-family and community abuse never reaches newspapers or police stations.
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    India: Rural Jobs Diversify; Agriculture Share Falls to 52.9%; Non-Farm Employment Rises

    Overall, the April-June 2026 PLFS data indicates that rural India is advancing, albeit gradually, along the path of economic diversification.

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    Debt, Detention and Broken Dreams: How Nepal’s American Dream Turned into Jail for Young Migrants

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    Pakistan’s Long-Awaited Minority Rights Commission: Progress or Symbolic Gesture?

    For Hindus in Sindh, Christians in Punjab, and other groups nationwide, the wait for meaningful protection continues. The establishment of the NCMR offers cautious hope, but history suggests that transforming promise into protection requires sustained commitment beyond legislation.
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    Climate change

    Maldives’ Plans to Tackle Male’s Frequent Floods with Mobile Trailer Pumps

    Flooding has long been a critical issue for Male', the densely populated capital of Maldives. The city frequently experiences severe waterlogging during heavy rains, causing disruption and damage to infrastructure.
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    Agri-business

    Global Food Prices Snap Five-Month Slide with February Uptick, FAO Data Shows

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    Sexual and reproductive health

    Nearly 11 a Day: Pakistan’s Child Abuse Crisis Persists

    United Nations experts and local organisations agree that most intra-family and community abuse never reaches newspapers or police stations.
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    Human traffickers and migration agents still find willing clients because the alternative feels equally bleak to many young people.
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    Sri Lanka’s Prisons Erupt Again: From Negombo Bloodbath to Multi-Jail Unrest

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