Challenges For Young Women Human Rights Defenders In Pakistan
Gulalai Ismail, a 25-year-old woman human rights defender (WHRD) and Chairperson of Aware Girls[1], has been working from an early age to improve conditions for young women in Pakistan.
Philippines Floods: What do you want to be when you grow up?
During my field visit in Laguna province, the first kid I got a chance to talk to was an 11-year-old girl named Jean. Sometimes, the simplest question brings out the most interesting answer?especially when this answer is not expected from the innocent mind of a child.
Where Silence Rules and Schools are Bombed
On 7th Septmember, a girls school was blown up in northern Pakistan. Two days later, another girls school was destroyed...
Making TV News course in Hanoi
Thomson Reuters Foundation held its annual Asia training course "Making Television News" in Hanoi, Vietnam from September 4-8 at the Vietnam Television HQ.
Sahel Food Crisis Diary: Mopti - the last humanitarian frontier
Sevar? is the town expected to be the location for the battle between Malian troops and militant Islamists.
Sahel Food Crisis Diary: Mali sees an increase in boy beggars and child miners
Hit hard by the food crisis, some children who leave home to find work in the capital end up on the streets or the dangerous gold mines.
WFP, MasterCard back 'digital food' revolution
New partnership will expand use of electronic vouchers to buy food locally and stimulate markets
Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) in Uganda charged with "living on the earnings of prostitution" - the same law that targets third parties like pimps, brothel owners, advertisers and human traffickers.
Although sex work is illegal in Uganda, providing services and support for sex workers is not.
Lifting the Burden of HIV/AIDS
More than 100,000 children below the age of 15 are living with HIV/AIDS in India and over two-thirds of these children are not receiving any treatment, writes Davinder Kumar.
Eliminating hunger in the Sahel: Farmers idea-rich but equity-poor
Stamping out recurring hunger is achievable but the question is: are donors willing to support this 25-year plan or will they prefer funnelling humanitarian dollars every other year with no sustainable improvement in people's livelihoods and outlook?