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Lessons for Ukraine from the Rohingya crisis: even sympathetic communities...
Countries in Europe have opened their borders and homes to Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Of course, Ukrainians are far from the first group of refugees to need shelter and welcome from host...
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Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they...
People take refuge on a sports ground following flooding caused by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.DFID/Flickr, CC BY-SASuper cyclones, known as hurricanes or typhoons in different parts of the world, are...
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Why men overwhelmingly wear the UN’s blue helmets – a former US ambassador...
Female police officers working with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Liberia participate in a parade in 2008.UN Photo/Christopher HerwigThe United Nations has about 74,000 peacekeepers in uniform...
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Using art and song to help bring the world’s largest mangrove swamp back from...
In the Sundarbans swamp, pneumatophores are upward growths of mangrove root systems that allow them to capture oxygen....
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By helping Rohingya women, Canada can do the right thing and demonstrate...
Women display a poster during a rally against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)The UN Security Council recently adopted its...
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Amid a worsening refugee crisis, public support is high in both Australia and...
Nearly one million stateless Rohingya people who fled brutal ethnic cleansing in Myanmar have been languishing in extremely congested refugee camps in Bangladesh for the past five and a half...
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South Africa is exporting more food. But it needs to find new growth frontiers
Wine remains among South Africa's major agricultural exportsGetty ImagesSouth African agricultural exports were up for the third consecutive year in 2022, reflecting favourable production conditions...
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Discrimination based on caste is pervasive in South Asian communities around...
Speakers discussing the proposed ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws at Seattle City Hall, on Feb. 21, 2023.AP Photo/John FroschauerSeattle became the first city in the U.S. to...
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The World Bank used to cause untold harm – but 30 years ago it started...
Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesDevelopment projects can have profound impacts on their societies. There are many benefits that flow from building new roads and power plants, and...
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Fast Fashion: Why garment workers’ lives are still in danger 10 years after...
That cheap statement piece comes at a price: the industry has a 'murderous disregard for human life.'(Clockwise: AP/Mahmud Hossain; AP/Ismail Ferdous; Unsplash/Markus Spiske; Unsplash/Clem...
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Friday essay: ‘I trained to be an engineer … now I am a pickle seller’. What...
ShutterstockBut you know what’s funny? All my life, I have been trained to be an engineer. Look at me now, I am a pickle seller! She laughed with teary eyes. I did not laugh. I felt like crying and...
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Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer...
It’s ten years since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured several thousand more. The collapse of the...
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Fast fashion still comes with deadly risks, 10 years after the Rana Plaza...
Activists in Dhaka demand safe working conditions in 2019, on the anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse.Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesOn April 24, 2013, a multistory garment factory complex...
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10 years after the Rana Plaza collapse, fashion has yet to slow down
This week marks at once the annual campaign of the Fashion Revolution and the 10th anniversary of the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building. The event, which killed over 1,100...
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Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex...
Rohingya girls share a laugh in Kutupalong, the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh.Paula Bronstein/Getty ImagesThe number of people forced from their homes, primarily because of conflict or...
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City liveability rankings tell a biased story – our research in Dhaka...
Like many fast-growing megacities in Asia and Africa, Dhaka, in Bangladesh, is often stigmatised as one of the most unliveable cities on earth, due to overcrowding, slums and substandard housing. The...
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Bangladesh is undertaking the world’s largest resettlement programme – and...
Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation’s topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, flash floods, erosion and drought – not to mention the significant socio-economic...
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Learning from Lululemon: If Canada wants to get serious about forced labour,...
A recent investigation into Lululemon casts doubt on the ability of Canada's new Modern Slavery Act to tackle labour abuse.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangThe Canadian government recently passed the...
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Dengue: why is this sometimes fatal disease increasing around the world?
Something unusual seems to be happening with dengue, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease found across swathes of tropical Africa, Asia and the Americas. As with most infectious diseases,...
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The climate crisis is making gender inequality in developing coastal...
Across the world, women and men experience the impacts of the climate crisis in different ways. These are shaped by societal roles and responsibilities and result in widening inequalities between men...
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We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we...
When a huge cyclone slammed into East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) in November 1970 it caused water in the Ganges Delta to rise by 10 metres. Entire towns were submerged. At least 300,000 people...
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Human trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation: the ‘loss and damage’ from...
A child's doll discarded during a storm.Sonja Ayeb-KarlssonViolence against women and children, including sexual abuse and exploitation, remains a taboo subject in the policy debates attended by...
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India seeks stronger ties with South Asian governments, snubbing ethnic...
India’s regional politics are shifting. It is seeking to strengthen ties with South Asian ruling elites, including in Nepal and Sri Lanka, while ignoring ongoing ethnic uprisings in those countries in...
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Debt, wage theft and coercion drive the global garment industry – the only...
Major fashion brands including Barbour and PVH (the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger) have agreed to pay over £400,000 in compensation to migrant workers in Mauritius. These workers from...
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Gangs, kidnappings, murders: why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying...
Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees fleeing a squalid camp in Bangladesh capsized off the coast of Indonesia. Around 75 people were rescued, including nine children, but more than 70...
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