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    Afghanistan

    Neighbours Prodded Taliban to Ensure Rights While UN ‘Pledgers’ Spoke of Taliban’s Track Record

    The UN conference spoke of the Taliban’s order extending the closure of girls’ secondary schools. Simultaneously, at a parallel conference held in China, neighbouring...
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    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...
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    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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    Empowerment

    Four among 25 Sri Lankan university students say they have been sexually harassed, even raped, says study

    A report released Tuesday on ragging and sexual and gender based violence in Sri Lankan State universities highlights grave consequences young women face in...
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    Afghanistan

    Taliban Resurrect Gender Segregation in Public Places

    Immediately upon taking power, the Taliban ordered that women need not to return to work. They have enforced strict segregation in universities, government offices...
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    Civil society

    Reliable internet unavailable for 90 per cent of poorest

    Only one in ten people have ‘meaningful connectivity’ to fully benefit from the internet, a recent report says, iterating that women’s web exclusion cost...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Agri-business

    India: First Carbon Credits Reach Over 2,500 Punjab and Haryana Paddy Farmers for Climate-Smart Practices

    As more credits from post-2022 cohorts move through the audit pipeline and the company scales toward its one-million-credit target.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Clock Ticking on Ganges Water Treaty as 2026 Deadline Looms

    Without renewed cooperation grounded in updated science, transparent data and mutual restraint, the Ganges risks becoming a source of friction rather than a shared lifeline. 
    Accountability

    Sri Lanka Urges End to Indefinite UN Human Rights Mandates at Geneva Council

    The discussion reflects deeper tensions between the imperative of accountability for past violations and the sovereign claim of states to lead their own reconciliation processes.

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    Agri-business

    India: First Carbon Credits Reach Over 2,500 Punjab and Haryana Paddy Farmers for Climate-Smart Practices

    As more credits from post-2022 cohorts move through the audit pipeline and the company scales toward its one-million-credit target.
    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Clock Ticking on Ganges Water Treaty as 2026 Deadline Looms

    Without renewed cooperation grounded in updated science, transparent data and mutual restraint, the Ganges risks becoming a source of friction rather than a shared lifeline. 
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