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It has been a year since a poorly planned and violently implemented lockdown led to the forced displacement of migrant workers from our cities. Countless stories of violence, hunger, death …
A Year Since the Lockdown, Women Migrant Workers Remain Unrecognised Read More
Only 10 countries in the world offer full legal protections to women, according to the “Women, Business and the Law 2021” report, published recently by the World Bank. Sri Lanka scores just 65.5 …
Gendered Land: Sri Lankan Women Battle Unequal Access to Resources Read More
In a pandemic stricken world where the economy is struggling and many human achievements have gone in reverse, the United Nations has set “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future …
Bangladesh: Women are prominent in politics and the workforce – but many lack decision-making powers Read More
The coronavirus sent Paul Dalmacio, 40, into a busy intensive care unit in Manila for 10 days. The severity of his case would keep him in the hospital for two months. …
Mental health crisis a threat to the Philippine economy Read More
Khunta, one of the remote blocks of North Odisha’s Mayurbhanj, is yet to overcome malnutrition. For years, rain-fed agriculture and collection of forest produce constituted a major source of livelihood …
Nutri-Gardening Initiative Promises Better Nutrition for Tribal Women Farmers Read More
The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was a singular natural disaster that has defined Nepal’s economic development in the latter half of the 2010s. Hit particularly hard by the earthquake was the …
Rainbow Trout Aquaculture in Nepal: Promise Amid Shocks Read More
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the globe has left worsening inequality in its wake. The gap between the “haves” and the “have nots,” which was widening before the pandemic, has further …
South Korea’s Vision for a More Inclusive Pandemic Recovery Read More
Under Japan’s women’s advancement strategy, dubbed “womenomics,” a record number of women joined the labor force to help fill the country’s chronic labor shortage and resuscitate the sluggish economy. Amid …
Japan’s Struggling Single Mothers Expose the Flaws of Womenomics Read More
China today reported 2.3% growth in GDP last year, making it the first and probably only major country whose economy expanded in 2020. But a marked decrease in consumer spending, …
China’s economy grew in 2020, but only the rich are “revenge spending” Read More
China must electrify as much of its economy as possible and generate almost all its electricity from zero carbon sources to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to joint …
‘Economically feasible’: New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s Read More