カテゴリー: Global development
As a new Guardian documentary explores the impact of one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, we speak to some of those who, like millions across the country, were left poorer and more vulnerable than everWhen Ram Yadav fled India’s strict countrywide l…
Young girls illegally work the mines in north-east India, risking disease and death, while trying to better their lives at schoolWords by Elle Kurancid, photography by Walaa Alshaer Continue reading…
For years, police claimed the 2004 killing was due to a feud. Now a documentary digs deeper into why women from a Nagpur slum murdered a rapist on a courtroom floorThe doors and windows of all the tin shacks in Kasturba Nagar slum in Nagpur, were tight…
Prime minister says UK should not sacrifice quality for speed as he seeks to improve terms at G20 talksRishi Sunak has hinted he will slow down progress on the India trade deal to improve its terms, saying the UK should not “sacrifice quality for speed…
In Siena, Luisa worries about social media. In Delhi, Nikita is trying to proof her house against air pollution. Here, couples who have welcomed a new child in recent months share their dreams and fears for them on an ever more crowded planetTuesday 15…
Exclusive: Alina Khan, star of award-winning Joyland, speaks out as the movie’s licence for domestic release is revoked, putting its Oscar contention in doubtA transgender star of an award-winning Pakistan film that depicts a love affair between a man …
The number of people in the world has tripled in 70 years. In this visual explainer, we examine where the growth has been – and how it will change in the futureThe world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion people on 15 November – more than thr…
The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind Jamila Afghani was settling into her new home in Kitchener…
Samyukta Lakshmi recalls the first chaotic weeks of India’s Covid lockdown – and the woman and child at the front of the queue for a train out of BengaluruThe Covid-19 lockdown in India was announced on 25 March 2020 with only 4 hours’ notice, leaving …
Notice issued to Rajasthan state government demanding police inquiry into ‘abominable’ practiceYoung girls in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan are being sold as “repayment” for loans their parents cannot afford, the national body that protects hu…
Child malnutrition is soaring as inflation hits 94.9%, and many are missing school because parents do not have the cash to send themOver the past few months, at a state school in the centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka, it has become common for children to f…
Shahriar Alam criticises international community for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to press Myanmar’s junta to guarantee a safe returnThe world has done “absolutely nothing” to ensure safety in Myanmar for its persecuted Rohingya minority, said Bangladesh…
UNFPA head urges countries to focus on helping women, children and marginalised people most vulnerable to demographic changeThe world must not engage in “population alarmism” as the number of people living on Earth nears 8 billion, a senior UN official…
Disregard for manufacturing standards could ruin the country’s reputation as the ‘developing world’s pharmacy’ and risk wider problems globallyIndia’s reputation as the “pharmacy of the developing world”, built assiduously by the country’s pharmaceutic…
‘Without a wheelchair my life would be useless’: the woman changing the lives of disabled Pakistanis
Zahida Qureshi, who became disabled after contracting polio, was forced to crawl around her school as a child. Now, her organisation gives away thousands of custom wheelchairsFor 12 years, Zahida Qureshi travelled to and from school in Pakistan each da…