Social exclusion
- Business, Caribbean, Economics, Global development, Global economy, Governance, India, India elections 2024, Narendra Modi, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?
Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the …
- Children, Education, Global development, Global education, Literacy, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of c…
- Death and dying, Delhi, Global development, Hinduism, Homelessness, India, Poverty, Religion, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Voluntary sector, World news
Last rites for Delhi’s forgotten: the woman who cremates strangers
Pooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mo…
- Bangladesh, Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Life and style, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Woman making Christmas jumpers for UK turns to sex work to pay bills
Story of garment worker’s ordeal in Bangladesh, where she works in a factory producing clothes for brands incl…
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‘We’re finished’: Sri Lankans pushed to the brink by financial crisis
Thousands take to the streets to call for the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa As thousands of angr…
- Communities, Domestic violence, Gangs, Global development, Inequality, Literacy, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Young people
‘House of love’: the calm, creative space changing young lives in Karachi
In Lyari, a slum notorious for violence in Pakistan’s most populous city, Mehr Ghar offers young people a safe…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Global development, Internally displaced people, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia
‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums
Crushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choicesThe temperature is dropping to …
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Global development, Hong Kong, India, Inequality, Japan, Oxfam, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, The super-rich, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Covid created 20 new ‘pandemic billionaires’ in Asia, says Oxfam
While wealthiest got richer, 140m people fell into poverty as jobs were lost, wiping out years of gains for po…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Colombia, Culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Film, Global development, India, Inequality, Internally displaced people, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Music, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Unesco, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
The world on screen: the best movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America
From a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, Guardian writers pick their favourite recent wor…
- Culture, Dalits, Documentary films, Domestic violence, Education, Film, Global development, Nepal, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘The heaven of film-making’: how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story
A gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries• I Am Belmaya…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Education, Employment, Global development, Internally displaced people, Islamic State, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, World news
‘Living in a cave is no life’: Pakistani villagers trapped by Taliban and poverty
Seven years after fleeing army clashes with militants, 100 families eking out an existence on a hillside near …
- Employment, Global development, Homelessness, India, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I feel more secure’: how a holistic approach helps India’s beggars build a better life
In Rajasthan a project developing self-esteem and skills is getting people off the streets and into workPandit…
- Gender, Global development, India, Inequality, Law, Marriage, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Deeply rooted tradition’: one man’s long fight to end illegal dowries in India
After 15 years campaigning, Satya Naresh believes it’s time for government action to stop the custom that caus…
- Africa, Americas, Domestic violence, El Salvador, Global development, Health, Human rights, Inequality, Kyrgyzstan, Law, Myanmar, Police, Poverty, Rape and sexual assault, Sex trade, Sexual violence, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Tanzania, Torture, World news
Sex workers fighting for human rights among world’s most ‘at risk activists’
Exclusive: Front Line Defenders report says rights defenders working in sex industry face ‘targeted attacks’ a…
- Coronavirus, Gender, Global development, Health, India, Inequality, Infectious diseases, Menstruation, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, Women, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
India’s Covid gender gap: women left behind in vaccination drive
Misinformation and access issues combined with patriarchal social norms fuelling disparity in distribution acr…