日: 2023-07-04

GenderGlobal developmentKyrgyzstanSouth and Central AsiaWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

In Kyrgyzstan, parents wish for sons. Too many girls, and they start to worry and pray | Gulbarchyn Toialieva

My father was so upset at having a girl he refused to visit me in hospital. He later changed his mind, but such attitudes keep women uneducated and limited to housework and care dutiesMy father didn’t come to the hospital when I was born. I discovered …

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Asia PacificChinaEnergyEnvironmentFukushimaInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)JapanJapan disasterNuclear power

Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog

IAEA report says discharge would have ‘negligible radiological impact on people and the environment’The UN’s nuclear watchdog has approved plans by Japan to release more than 1m tonnes of water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant int…

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