カテゴリー: Global development
Heavily supervised visits to indoctrination centres present reporters with smiling inmates and tales of cultural acceptanceJournalist Sherif Sonbol was taking pictures of ethnic dancers during an official tour of China’s far western Xinjiang province w…
New study shows preference for a son is highest in north of country with Uttar Pradesh having highest deficit in female birthsAn estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030 because of the persistent use of selective …
With negotiations set to begin, women have been sharing their ‘red lines’ on the progress they refuse to see negotiatedFarahnaz Forotan was three when the Taliban had arrived in Kabul. It was 1996. “I have this memory of a snowy day, I was sitting on m…
Fight to eradicate disease getting ‘back on track’ after surge in cases due to pause in vaccination campaignsPolio vaccination campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the last two polio-endemic countries in the world – after a “surge” in c…
India’s commercial capital grinds to a halt after heaviest August rainfall in 47 years causes widespread floodingThe heaviest monsoon downpour in nearly 50 years has brought Mumbai to a standstill, with stranded passengers at railway stations having to…
A mobile school helped Rehmuddin Shaikh become a rugby star. Now a street named after him is inspiring a new generationNo map of Mumbai mentions Rehmuddin Shaikh Road. But a local taxi driver would find the narrow lane between the huts in Ambedkar Naga…
Reporters for independent outlets, many in rural areas, say pressure won’t deter them from covering embarrassing storiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFacing a continuing upward trajectory in Covid-19 cases, the Indian gove…
A bicycle boom has seen Indians swapping cars – the ultimate status symbol – for a more humble mode of transportCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWith cases of Covid-19 surging past the one million mark, Indians are shunning c…
Despite flood planning efforts hundreds have been killed and millions hit as third of land is submerged by non-stop rainBangladesh could be plunged into a humanitarian crisis as it undergoes the most prolonged monsoon flooding in decades while it is st…
Muralists are covering the Afghan capital’s blast walls with agitprop imagery and calling out corruptionFrom the killing of George Floyd in the US and the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran, to the signing of the US-Taliban agreement towards peace and…
A job scheme for women who may otherwise be shunned as outcasts is giving many the opportunity to rebuild their livesMargaret Heera runs her fingers through her customer’s hair. “You must manage time for yourself and your skin,” she says, as she ties t…
Ruling may persuade shipping companies that scrapping vessels in the dangerous, unregulated yards of south Asia is a false economyA widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligenc…
Low priority for reproductive health during lockdown leaves millions unable to access contraception or safe terminationsSadhna Gupta* discovered she was pregnant just after India imposed a crippling lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.The 21-year-o…
Starvation looms from Afghanistan to Haiti as coronavirus restrictions wipe out incomes and cut food suppliesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people are being pushed towards hunger by the coronavirus pandemic, whi…
Facing the prospect of rotting crops and ruined livelihoods, Indian farmers have embraced virtual marketplaces to sell produceWhen the call finally comes, the connection is so poor that Silme Marak can barely catch the words. After running upstairs to …