Society
- Conflict and arms, Global development, Global health, Health, Myanmar, Nursing, Royal College of Nursing, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
The Myanmar nurses dodging drones to graduate from a secret jungle school
This week, the first students completed a three-year degree course, ready to treat displaced people and pro-de…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Children's health, Global development, Global health, Health, Infectious diseases, Malawi, Medical research, Pakistan, Polio, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Science, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, US healthcare, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi
A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disea…
- Bangladesh, Children, Global development, Global education, Human rights, Sex trafficking, Sex work, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Invisible’ children born in the brothels of Bangladesh finally get birth certificates
Destined to a perilous life with no right to an education or to vote, state recognition ‘gives them hope’, cam…
- Diabetes, Global development, Global health, Nepal, Society, South and Central Asia, Ultra-processed foods, World news
Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s ‘diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest
With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could…
- Art and design, Child marriage, Global development, Human rights, India, Photography, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘I met 14-year-old Arti a day before her wedding. Her suicide six years later hit home’
Despite being illegal, child marriage is still common in much of India. Saumya Khandelwal, a photojournalist, …
- Global development, Pakistan, Reproductive rights, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
I’m married, Pakistani – and I don’t want children. That doesn’t make me broken | Fizza Abbas
I live in a country where a woman’s value is often measured by motherhood, but for me and many others fulfilme…
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As the Taliban step up their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed | Gordon Brown
Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gende…
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Family, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Pregnancy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraceptionParwana* no lo…
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Afraid of dying alone? How a Chinese app exposed single people’s deepest, darkest fears
In China, marriage and birth rates have hit record lows and many people are living in isolation. Is the Are Yo…
- Africa, Business, Economics, Global development, Global economy, Inequality, Inequality and development, Kenya, Nepal, Oxfam, Protest, Rich lists, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, US news, US political lobbying, World news
‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity r…
- Bangladesh, British identity and society, Counter-terrorism policy, European court of human rights, Home Office, Human rights, Islamic State, Law, Politics, Shabana Mahmood, Shamima Begum, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons
The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenshi…
- Asia Pacific, Culture, Dance, Drag, LGBTQ+ rights, Māori, New Zealand, Society, Transgender, World news
Strike a pose: vogue balls go mainstream in New Zealand
Led by Māori and Pasifika queer communities, the counterculture has gone from performing in lounges and clubs …
- Business, Debt relief, Economics, Extreme weather, Natural disasters, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah
Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destructionA …
- Acupuncture, Alternative medicine, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Homeopathy, India, Life and style, Medical research, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World Health Organization, World news
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists …
- Diabetes, Health, India, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s doctors sound alarm over boom in availability of weight loss jabs
Country is facing epidemic of diabetes and obesity, but experts say widespread and unregulated use of weight l…