Day: July 14, 2020

Almost 10 Million Children At Risk Of Never Returning To School

For the first time in human history, an entire generation of children has had their education disrupted. By April 2020 to halt the spread of COVID-19, 1.6 billion learners globally, 90% of the entire student population, were out of school. A new report published by Save The Children has warned

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Sudan Bans FGM As It Breaks With Hardline Islamist Policies

Sudan is breaking with hardline Islamist policies as it announces it will ban female genital mutilation (FGM), cancel prohibitions against religions conversions from Islam, allow women to travel with their children without the permission from male family members, and permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol. This is a decisive break from

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LGBT Rights In Poland Will Remain An ‘Ideology’

After failing to win a majority in the Polish Presidential election – June 28th – Andrzej Duda went head-to-head in the second round with Rafal Trzaskowski this Monday. He won by a narrow margin (51.1% to 48.9%), to the despair of partisans of LGBT rights. Duda, the incumbent President, hails

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Bangladesh’s Labor Force Narrative Must Change

As COVID-19 continues to cripple the world economy, Bangladesh’s garment industry suffers exponentially. Clothing has been Bangladesh’s key export division and primary source of foreign exchange for the last two decades. However, many claim the country’s mounting dependence on the industry continues to serve as a double-edged sword. Experts say

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West Papua Autonomy – Lies, Bullets And Murders

On July 4, 2020, the spokesperson for the National Committee of West Papua (KNB), Victor Yeimo repudiated a unilateral deliberation of the West Papua autonomy bill in Indonesia’s House of Representatives. Indigenous Papuans – the subject of this bill – were not included in the discussion. Sixteen groups in Papua

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