カテゴリー: Global development
The brutal killing of at least 35 people on Monday has left Afghanistan’s younger generation fearful of the futureAt a mountainside graveyard, surrounded by dusty brown hills specked with colourfully painted houses, 20 year-old Marziah Tahery was laid …
As activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradicated polioNasreen Bibi never saw the face of her killer. The 44-year-old had just finished work for the day, vaccinating children against pol…
A rich range of native crops and seeds is being nurtured in an effort to halt the country’s rapidly vanishing food diversityA small army of botanical heritage enthusiasts is spearheading a movement in India for the revival and preservation of the count…
A strikingly-designed centre reminiscent of Rajasthan’s famous forts will soon be opening its doors in conservative Jaisalmer“Don’t even try,” friends told Michael Daube, when he said he wanted to coax women in Jaisalmer to embroider yoga bags to help …
Hilsa fishermen must borrow to buy equipment but have to sell their catch at a low price to moneylenders – creating a generational debt trapKalam Sheikh’s life revolves around the few months when he goes in search of Bangladesh’s prized hilsa fish. Whe…
Asafoetida is a mainstay of the country’s cuisine, but only now are the first saplings being planted on Indian soilWhat’s in a name? Plenty, when it comes to asafoetida or “devil’s dung”. The evil-smelling spice is a stink bomb that unquestionably live…
Campaigners report job losses and jailing of those airing grievances – and urge global fashion brands to stand up for workers’ rightsOn the morning of 4 May, Zar Zar Tun, a Burmese garment worker, led a strike at a factory in the city of Yangon. Within…
Familiar issues of discrimination and child marriage are being taken to the stage through interactive theatre in remote villagesHigh in the mountains of a remote village in western Nepal – a region once home to a fierce Maoist insurgency – a large crow…
Factory closures due to fashion industry order cancellations have pushed many former employees into often dangerous workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Hla, 19, tried to go back to work seven months ago after having a b…
There are still those who ask ‘what was she wearing’. An urgent conversation is needed about toxic masculinity and consentThere has been growing outrage among Bangladeshi citizens over the past two weeks at a string of gruesome gang rapes and sexual as…
Students from a small community traditionally known for weaving are beating the odds to gain coveted university placesHe had tossed and turned all night. When he finally got out of bed at 4am, Anand Kumar realised his parents had too.The 17-year-old wa…
The government is being urged to dispel myths and ensure drugs are available – and take responsibility for the millions of stray dogsBy the time the patient, a young man, reached Dr Ramesh Masthi at a Bengaluru hospital, it was too late to save him. Af…
Rural women in Tamil Nadu are mostly excluded from land ownership, but collective farms can offer self-sufficiencyWhen all the shops closed due to the coronavirus lockdown, small collectives were key to remaining self-sufficient for marginalised farmer…
Fighting leaves seven dead as rival factions fight for control of drugs trade and terrorise vulnerable refugeesFighting between rival gangs in the Rohingya refugee settlements in Bangladesh has forced hundreds of people to leave their shelters in a wee…
Unions warn of further action over non-payment of rise agreed in 2018, as hundreds of Assam tea estates closeOver 400,000 workers on Indian tea plantations that supply the world’s largest tea companies have gone on strike over the government’s failure …