Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

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The alert from the UN Children’s Fund, comes as Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump since independence in 1948.  Mr. Laryea-Adjei reports that, “families are skipping regular meals as staple foods become unaffordable. Children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come…

The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity — Global Issues

The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity — Global Issues

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Dr Mohsina Chaklader, a doctor with Humanity Auxilium, pictured here in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, says she has Rohingyas refugees for physical and psychological wounds after they were forced to flee unspeakable brutality in Myanmar. Credit: Humanity Auxilium by Sania Farooqui (new delhi) Thursday, August 25, 2022 Inter Press Service New Delhi,…

Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

UN rights chief welcomes repeal of colonial-era law banning sex between men — Global Issues

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“This colonial era law has more broadly impacted and stigmatised the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people as a whole”, said High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. She stressed that everyone was entitled to the equal protection, respect and fulfilment of their human rights, including all in the LGBTIQ+…

Rushdie Joins 102 International Writers to Demand Freedom of Expression in India — Global Issues

Rushdie Joins 102 International Writers to Demand Freedom of Expression in India — Global Issues

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Journalists, writers, both local and international, have called on the authorities in India to respect human rights and release imprisoned writes and dissident and critical voices. Protests about media freedom have become more urgent in recent years since this protest by the Mumbai Press Club. Credit: Facebook by Mehru Jaffer (lucknow)…

Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis pushes health system to brink of collapse — Global Issues

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When Ruchika found out she was pregnant with her second child, in October 2021, she could not have imagined that she would find herself, hours before delivering her baby, in a crowded distribution queue, pleading for fuel to get to the hospital. “The majority of the crowd was sympathetic,” Ruchika…

Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

Rohingya refugees share concerns with UN rights commissioner during visit to Cox’s Bazar — Global Issues

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In Cox’s Bazar, she visited camps housing Rohingya refugees who, after terrible repression and human rights violations, fled Myanmar five years ago “to get some safety,” she said. “An estimated 1.1 million Rohingyas are in Bangladesh right now, meaning Cox’s Bazar, some of them in Bhashan char,” Ms. Bachelet said…

Amidst military rule, UN envoy travels to Myanmar for first time — Global Issues

Amidst military rule, UN envoy travels to Myanmar for first time — Global Issues

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Her visit follows the Security Council’s latest call for an end to the violence and unimpeded humanitarian access to the Southeast Asian nation. Ms. Heyzer, a women’s rights activist from Singapore, will focus on addressing the deteriorating situation there, according to the UN.  News agencies cited security officials who wished to…

Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

Humanitarian funding still needed for ‘pure catastrophe’ situation in Afghanistan — Global Issues

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“The situation can be best described as a pure catastrophe,” said Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative in Afghanistan, who is also the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country.  We fed over 21 million people last year. And we will not stop. We will not give up until…

Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia — Global Issues

UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover — Global Issues

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“It has been a year of increasing disrespect for their right to live free and equal lives, denying them opportunity to livelihoods, access to health care and education, and escape from situations of violence,” said Sima Bahous, Executive Director at UN Women.  🚨What is happening in #Afghanistan is an alarm…