カテゴリー: Global development
Government appears to backtrack on decree after women take to social media to sing in defiance under #IAmMySong hashtagAfghanistan’s Ministry of Education appears to be backtracking on a decision to impose a nationwide singing ban on schoolgirls.In a l…
Parents whose only hope was finding foreign sponsorship or a clinical trial are now looking for homegrown breakthroughsFor three years, Vidya tried to find the cause of her son’s recurrent fevers and low cognitive development. When she found out, she w…
Garment workers in Yangon say they were dismissed for breaking out to take part in civil disobedience movement Garment workers in Myanmar who produce clothing for Primark were locked inside their factory by supervisors who tried to prevent them from jo…
Appeal court clears wife to sue company in London over husband’s death while helping to scrap tanker in ChittagongBritish shipping companies that sell old vessels to be scrapped cheaply in dangerous, low-paid conditions in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan…
Concealing candidates’ surnames in the ultra-competitive civil service exam would help to overcome caste prejudice, report urgesThe exam is considered to be the country’s toughest – about a million people sit it every year vying for only a thousand or …
Largest such study finds domestic violence experienced by one-in-four teenage girls with worst levels faced by women in their 30s One in four women and girls around the world have been physically or sexually assaulted by a husband or male partner, acco…
A wide range of issues affecting women, from abortion rights to femicide, were highlighted at rallies and events for International Women’s Day on 8 March Continue reading…
Government blamed for not ensuring safety as broadcaster’s female staff told to stay home after attacks by IsisA radio and television broadcaster in eastern Afghanistan that has had four of its female employees murdered since December has said it will …
Multiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by her supervisorWomen in India making children’s clothes for H&M have spoken out about widespread sexual violence they claim to have faced at…
Healthcare is focus of event to mark International Women’s Day, as organisers say pandemic has led to setbacks in rightsA march during the time of Covid is a difficult thing to plan safely. For Pakistan’s women, determined to have their “Aurat March” t…
A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Colombia to the Sahara Continue reading…
Latest attack in Jalalabad comes days after three female media workers were shot deadA female doctor has been killed in a bomb blast in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad in what appeared to be another targeted attack, days after three female media w…
The terror of earlier crackdowns taught me to write between the lines as a journalist – now I see repressive tactics returningTerror tore through me when I heard that my friend and editor of the Nation newspaper, Keith Noyahr, had been abducted. It was…
The number of civilians reported killed in explosions nearly halved in 2020 to the lowest level in a decadeThe number of civilian casualties in conflicts around the world plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows.Last year, an average …