Poverty
- Coronavirus, Gender, Global development, Health, India, Inequality, Infectious diseases, Menstruation, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, Women, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
India’s Covid gender gap: women left behind in vaccination drive
Misinformation and access issues combined with patriarchal social norms fuelling disparity in distribution acr…
- Environment, Flooding, Global development, Homelessness, Housing, Land rights, Pakistan, Poverty, Protest, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways
As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper …
- Aid, Bangladesh, Charities, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Global development, Inequality, Politics, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, UK news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
UK aid cuts to Bangladesh NGO a ‘gut punch’, says charity head
Withdrawal from long-term partnership catastrophic, says Brac, affecting women and girls’ education and those …
- Africa, Child labour, Child rights, Children, Children's rights, Ghana, Global development, Nepal, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Uganda, World news
‘I had to step up’: Child labour in poorest countries rose during Covid, says report
Study finds children in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda in dangerous, exploitative work, with long hours and little pa…
- Aid, Charities, Children, Global development, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Voluntary sector, World news
Plan International accused of abandoning children in Sri Lanka exit
Children’s charity faces claims it failed vulnerable children and misled donors after shutting down activities…
- Coronavirus, Health, India, Inequality, Infectious diseases, Pharmaceuticals industry, Poverty, UK news, Vaccines and immunisation, World Trade Organization
In the fight against Covid, have we been inoculated against compassion? | Letters
Dr Mohga Kamal-Yanni says world leaders must stop putting big pharma’s profits before people’s lives. Sue Hoar…
- Bangladesh, Cities, Cities and development, Global development, Inequality and development, Migration, Migration and development, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Urbanisation, World news
The making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of Bangladesh
In the half century since independence, the capital has grown from peaceful town to economic hub. But does it …
- Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, India, Poverty, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Female workers at H&M supplier in India allege widespread sexual violence
Multiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by h…
- 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…
- Bangladesh, Coronavirus, Food security, Global development, Hunger, Infectious diseases, Natural disasters, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Fighting for life’: Bangladesh shrimp farmers destitute in wake of cyclone
Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into p…
- Bangladesh, Coronavirus, Global development, Hunger, Inequality, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Poverty, Remittances, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Back empty-handed’: Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty
Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousand…
- Education, Global development, Menstruation, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Women
‘They use old cloths’: Sri Lanka to give schoolgirls free period products
In a country where women often still resort to rags as sanitary towels, campaigners are trying to break down a…
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Food to go? Covid threatens Hyderabad’s famous street food carts
Despite government loans and staff trickling back to work, the pandemic has made survival precarious for the c…
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Dangerous spices: why India’s cooking powders pose a risk of lead poisoning
Exposure to the heavy metal from spice powders and car batteries is affecting child health across the subconti…
- Adoption, Children, Global development, India, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Transgender, World news
‘I want to give what I never had’: the trans mum taking in abandoned children in India
Manisha was shunned as a child by her family and ended up on the streets – now she dreams of opening an orphan…