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The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to […]
The monsoon rains have long been a harbinger of fertility and prosperity in Bangladesh, washing away salinity and bringing shakti, or wellness, to the land. It is perhaps fitting that the mass protests which eventually toppled the Hasina government in August 2024 have been poetically referred to as “the monsoon revolution”. While much has been […]
Welfare recipients taking part in a new pilot scheme that requires them to put in volunteer hours can make use of the unpaid work to enhance social connections and increase their employability, Hong Kong’s welfare minister has said. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han on Saturday dismissed concerns that mandated voluntary work of […]
More than 80% of people in PNG live in rural areas and more than 60% of them are multidimensionally poor. It is therefore reasonable for Andrew Anton Mako to ask why a greater share of budget spending does not reach these people. Part of the answer lies in the practice of patronage. PNG is a […]