Employment
- Afghanistan, Aid, Education, Employment, Global development, Internally displaced people, Islamic State, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, World news
‘Living in a cave is no life’: Pakistani villagers trapped by Taliban and poverty
Seven years after fleeing army clashes with militants, 100 families eking out an existence on a hillside near …
- Employment, Global development, Homelessness, India, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I feel more secure’: how a holistic approach helps India’s beggars build a better life
In Rajasthan a project developing self-esteem and skills is getting people off the streets and into workPandit…
- Coronavirus, Employment, Global development, Global health, Human rights, Nepal, Poverty, Remittances, South and Central Asia, World news
‘It’s as if there’s no Covid’: Nepal defies pandemic amid a broken economy
Cases appear low and sports venues are packed, but protests are on the rise as jobs are lost and personal debt…
- Employment, Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Moving mountains’: How Pakistan’s ‘invisible’ women won workers’ rights
Home workers in Sindh province are celebrating new social security benefits, after being denied lockdown fundi…
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Fishermen fear Pakistan’s new ‘city for the elite’ will end their way of life
A proposed island megacity off Karachi puts precious wetlands – and the millions of jobs that depend on them –…
- Animals, Bangladesh, Conservation, Employment, Environment, Fishing, Global development, Marine life, South and Central Asia, World news
‘We do not get a chance at happiness’: the Bangladeshi fishermen caught by debt
Hilsa fishermen must borrow to buy equipment but have to sell their catch at a low price to moneylenders – cre…
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High court backs negligence claim of Bangladeshi ship-breaker’s widow
Ruling may persuade shipping companies that scrapping vessels in the dangerous, unregulated yards of south Asi…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Employment, Food, Global development, Global health, Governance, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tea, World news
Soap and solace scarce as Sri Lanka’s tea pickers toil on amid lockdown
Workers in a sector with a history of exploitation face hazards including a lack of masks and overcrowded acco…
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‘Mollah’s life was typical’: the deadly ship graveyards of Bangladesh
Khalid Mollah died while working among the thousands who dismantle old ships in Chittagong. Now, in a test cas…
- Bangladesh, Employment, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Rivers, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
‘The river is our home’: Bangladeshi boatmen mourn their receding waters
Decreased flows caused by water-hungry neighbours, especially India, are damaging river communities• All photo…
- Bangladesh, Employment, Global development, South and Central Asia, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Workers making £88 Lululemon leggings claim they are beaten
Exclusive: Upmarket brand, which has just launched UN partnership, opens investigation as female labourers in …