Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Friday, 25 August 2017

Prafulla Samantara: indigenous land rights' champion

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Samantara with the Dongria Kondh/ Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize     Prafulla Samantara has been threatened,...
Thursday, 25 February 2016

Trouble in Paradise: Solomon Islands’ traditions foster inequality

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Solomon Islands/ credit: olli0815  / bigstock.com --> Solomon Islands , the string of paradise...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Child Marriages Blight Bangladesh

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--> Nargis who was forced to marry at 12 Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with 20% o...
Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Vietnam coffee - A better future is percolating for Vietnam's coffee

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Ripe coffee cherries ready for picking on a Rainforest Alliance certified farm in Vietnam/Veronique Mistiaen I recently went to the c...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Measuring women's empowerment

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--> Rina Begum, who participated in one of the SHOUHARDO women's empowerment programs in Bangladesh. Once prohibited from l...
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Friday, 8 July 2011

Child trafficking in India - Rubina's return

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Rubina's emotional reunion with her beloved grandmother/Fjona Hill India is the fourth most dangerous country in the world...
Monday, 4 July 2011

Pakistani women need support

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Last week, I wrote an entry about the world’s most dangerous places for women. Pakistan came third on the basis of cultural, trib...
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