COVID-19
Ensuring right to water during pandemics and beyond
It is the 10th anniversary of the recognition of human rights to water and sanitation and our approaches to ensuring water and sanitation during this […]
Tag: Human Rights
Data & Reports
Billions deprived of the right to water: World Water Development Report
Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than two billion people lack even the most basic of services. The latest […]
Corruption
Botswana: Helicopter crashes after shooting at Bushmen
Survival has documented dozens of human rights abuses against Bushmen by wildlife officials in the Kalahari A group of Bushmen who were hunting antelope […]
Education
August 1-7 is Breast feeding Week: time to break stigmas
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth Women must understand that the traditional concept that a mother hides herself away when breast feeding should be ignored and […]
Gender
Welcome SDGs: Harnessing the opportunity to reform India’s social policy landscape
Oommen Kurian The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India came out with ‘The Delhi Commitment on Sustainable Development Goal for Health’ that promises […]
Energy
Clean Solar energy, brings light to Kenya’s villages
Marianne de Nazareth Head quartered in Nairobi, M-KOPA Solar has connected over 375,000 low-income homes to affordable , safe and clean energy in Africa […]
Environment
Protest against relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in Hasankeyf dam site
Activists are protesting against the relocation of the Zeynel Bey Tomb in the historical city of Hasankeyf which is under the threat of the Ilisu Dam on the […]
Energy
Public consultation on Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur, India held
AT News Imphal The meet affirmed that Tipaimukh dam should not be built over the Barak River due to its enormous scale of impacts on […]
Sustainable Business
Press freedom violations threaten transparency in extractive sector
Publish What You Pay Writing about the extractive industries is an important area for journalists With the wealth of natural resources available, the huge financial […]
Sustainable Business
On Labour day, 12,000 refugees can go homeless in Berlin
A new law starting on May 1 in Berlin to curb on holiday rentals like Airbnb can lead to thousands of refugees going homeless overnight Berlin, a city […]
Biodiversity
A second Honduras anti-dam activist assassinated, EU funders suspend funding
Nelson Garcia, a member of the same Indigenous rights group as murdered activist Berta Caceres, has been assassinated in Honduras. On Tuesday, Nelson Garcia was […]
Environment
Open defecation ends in Bangladesh – almost
Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh virtually eliminates open air defecation, bringing it down to only 1% of its population not having access to indoor toilet facilities […]
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