カテゴリー: Society
In India’s remote peaks, the pandemic’s toll is worsened by lack of medical facilities, roads and informationPhalguni Devi has spent a fortnight living in a cattle shed. Looking out on a rainy afternoon in early June, she worries that if the rain does …
The ‘blood man’ of conflict-racked Kashmir has donated 174 pints of blood since 1980 but feels ‘crushed’ by his poverty Shabir Hussain Khan was taking an afternoon nap when he heard a commotion outside his house. A friend had been injured in a football…
Withdrawal from long-term partnership catastrophic, says Brac, affecting women and girls’ education and those in extreme povertyThe UK government’s funding cuts to the world’s largest international non-governmental organisation are a “gut punch” after …
Decades of war and grinding poverty have forced more Afghans into risky double lives to surviveWhen Zainab met her first client almost two years ago, she was drunk, drugged-up, and had passed out by the time he started raping her. She had never touched…
Migrant labourers tell of being forced to isolate in brutal conditions as Covid wave grips regionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was around mid-May when workers at the Cal-Comp factory in Phetchaburi, central Thailand, he…
Despite new laws to combat the problem, a rape is reported every 15 minutes, leaving victims and families crying out for justiceIt was a historic day for women in India. Mamata Banerjee and her party won a spectacular election victory in West Bengal, d…
Statement indicates leaders will also commit to delivering 1bn vaccine doses and plans to tackle forced labourCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Leaders at the G7 summit will call for a new, transparent investigation by the Wo…
Aid agencies write to Foreign Office minister as pressure grows on Boris Johnson ahead of Commons voteUK aid cuts of 42% will leave about 70,000 people without health services and 100,000 without water in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee settle…
Government considers adding more destinations to England’s red list as it monitors Vietnam variantCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK is unlikely to unlock significant new summer destinations this week when changes to tra…
Using individual children to ‘sell’ schemes to rich donors is similar to ‘poverty porn’ images of past, say experts, as calls grow to decolonise aidInternational child sponsorship schemes have come under attack for perpetuating racist thinking, as an a…
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with forceMuhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration …
President says agreement with German firm BioNTech has been delayed after Beijing interventionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTaiwan’s president has accused China of interfering in its vaccine acquisition programme, as the i…
Children’s charity faces claims it failed vulnerable children and misled donors after shutting down activities in the countryOne of the world’s largest children’s rights charities has admitted it “made a number of mistakes” when it left Sri Lanka abrup…
No 10 and health secretary deny politics was involved in decision to wait before toughening travel rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA public inquiry must examine whether Boris Johnson’s decision to delay adding India to …
Figures from the US and Japan reveal sharp declines in birthrates, and even China may have peaked, but there are upsidesRead more: Italy’s birthrate is falling. Can the storks help?Census data from the US released last week showed the number of babies …