Human Rights
Why Toilet is not a Prem Katha (Love Story)
Open defecation is bad and unhealthy, researches have established. But this is a complex issue which governments have to deal in a sensitive and […]
Category: Human Rights
Data & Reports
Breastfeeding: No country meets recommended standards
In five of the world’s largest emerging economies—China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria—the lack of investment in breastfeeding results in an estimated 236,000 child […]
Data & Reports
Universal Health Coverage: Our Role in Advancing the Agenda in Bangladesh
Nadia Ishrat Alamgir To overcome poor quality health services, high expenses and a corrupt health system, policies around universal health coverage need to be developed Recently, […]
Energy
Zero-Coal State Strategy and the ethical dilemma: wind power project in Canada
Mohammad Masoud Azimi In Ontario, the Ripley Wind power project ran into ethical and social confrontation with local communities Inspired by the United Nations […]
Forests
India: Tribal leader dies in police custody – as tribe denounce harassment campaign
A leader of a tribe in India, which made headlines around the world when it won a David and Goliath battle against a British […]
Gender
Technology, Violence, Vendetta against women
Samhita Barooah Knowledge of technology is also a privilege of patriarchy. There are very few producers of technology who are women and also almost […]
Aid
Living in a Well-meaning Lie: Valuing all Voices?
Jindra Cekan Large parts of international aid system remain broken. We design too many projects outside of the countries themselves. We have fixed funding […]
Biodiversity
Earth Day: Eight amazing facts that prove tribal people are the best conservationists
For Earth Day, Survival International reveals some of the amazing ways in which tribal peoples are the best conservationists and guardians of the natural […]
Education
EU and UNICEF to reach thousands of refugee children in Turkey with Conditional Cash Transfer for Education
The European Union and UNICEF have launched the largest ever EU humanitarian contribution to Education in Emergencies, valued at EUR 34 million. The Conditional […]
Biodiversity
Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru
A Canadian oil company is withdrawing from the territory of several uncontacted tribes in the Amazon where it had been intending to explore for oil. The […]
Corruption
A year after Berta Cáceres’ murder, protecting the planet is just as deadly
Robert Soutar Latin America remains the world’s deadliest region in which to defend the environment but those on the frontline of land and resource-related […]
Biodiversity
BBC banned from India’s tiger reserves after “shoot on sight” investigation
The Indian government has reportedly banned the BBC from filming in any tiger reserve nationwide for five years, after its South Asia correspondent investigated […]
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