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In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slumsPedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting o…
Read MorePooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mortuaries in India, though she pays for it herself – and it ended her engagementOn an overcast, blustery day, with cars honking in the distance…
Read MoreStory of garment worker’s ordeal in Bangladesh, where she works in a factory producing clothes for brands including Tesco, Matalan and Next, shines light on low factory wagesEvery night, Ruby Rafiq* lies awake on the cold, hard floor of her small room,…
Read MoreThousands take to the streets to call for the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa As thousands of angry cries and anti-government slogans filled the streets of the Sri Lankan city Colombo on Saturday, Chanda Upul stood quietly nearby, desperate…
Read MoreIn Lyari, a slum notorious for violence in Pakistan’s most populous city, Mehr Ghar offers young people a safe place to hang out and study – and, for many, an alternative path to gang lifeLiving in Lyari was like living on the frontlines of a war, says…
Read MoreCrushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choicesThe temperature is dropping to below zero in western Afghanistan and Delaram Rahmati is struggling to find food for her eight children. Since leaving the family home in the …
Read MoreWhile wealthiest got richer, 140m people fell into poverty as jobs were lost, wiping out years of gains for poorest, report findsTwenty new “pandemic billionaires” have been created in Asia thanks to the international response to Covid-19, while 140 mi…
Read MoreFrom a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, Guardian writers pick their favourite recent world cinema releasesRead more: Books that explain the world: Guardian writers’ nonfiction reads of the yearThe Great Indian Kitchen Continue rea…
Read MoreA gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries• I Am Belmaya reviewBelmaya Nepali’s life changed for ever when, at 14, she was given a camera.The British film-maker Sue Carpenter had come to Pokhara, a …
Read MoreSeven years after fleeing army clashes with militants, 100 families eking out an existence on a hillside near the Afghan border are unable to return home“Don’t talk to me about the government. They don’t help.”Ninety-year-old Shah Mast is angry. He has…
Read MoreIn Rajasthan a project developing self-esteem and skills is getting people off the streets and into workPandit Tulsidas, 52, was resting under a tree by a road junction in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where he had begged for years.When an official approached him…
Read MoreAfter 15 years campaigning, Satya Naresh believes it’s time for government action to stop the custom that causes a woman to die every hour through murder or suicideFor more than a decade, Satya Naresh has been trying to persuade India’s men to stop a w…
Read MoreExclusive: Front Line Defenders report says rights defenders working in sex industry face ‘targeted attacks’ around the world‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak outSex worker activists are among the most at risk defenders of human …
Read MoreMisinformation and access issues combined with patriarchal social norms fuelling disparity in distribution across most statesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDeep-rooted structural inequalities and patriarchal values are to b…
Read MoreAs Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper plans for residentsMaqsooda Bibi, 62, did not know the house she had lived in all her life would be demolished, forcing her whole family to be…
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