Kalpana Karki:“According to a study by the International Land Coalition, South Asia and Latin America exhibit the highest levels of agricultural land inequality, with the top 10 per cent of landowners capturing up to 75 per cent of agricultural land and the bottom 50 per cent owning less than 2 per [...]Read the full article
Fuelled by politicians and amplified by social media algorithms, hate speech is proliferating online across South Asia. Inflammatory posts garner thousands of views before they are taken down, with offline, sometimes deadly consequences.Read the full article
A new crop of professionals in the region are developing and engaging in new projects to help communities, the environment, and to make a difference.Read the full article
Although the lack of decent work that propelled their migration remains endemic, hundreds of thousands of former migrant workers in South Asia are stuck in their home countries as jobs in the Gulf remain in short supply following the coronavirus-induced economic [...]Read the full article
Beyond its health repercussions, the coronavirus pandemic is making it even harder for Indigenous people in many parts of Asia to defend their civil and land rights, with governments and companies taking advantage of the pandemic to brush them [...]Read the full article
Sixty-one per cent of the global workforce has neither a fixed employment contract nor a safety net to deal with lockdown measures. Organisations that represent informal workers are demanding a say in designing public policy on economic recovery and [...]Read the full article
The use of state-sanctioned violence against alleged drug criminals could be spreading to south Asia where it would have a hugely detrimental impact on human rights and the rule of law.Read the full article
Thirteen-year-old Anucha Tasako died last November in a boxing ring in a suburb of Bangkok. Like many Thai children, Tasako was a Muay Thai boxer, the favourite sport in a country where the debate on the protection of minors has only just [...]Read the full article
Clean Clothes Campaign:“Taking decisive action would demand that brands reach deeper into their profit margins and cut a bigger slice of the pie for those whose hard labour is behind the clothes that fills their glossy shops.”Read the full article
Despite the roadmap to eradicate child labour by 2022, published by the Indonesian government in 2015, the presence of minors in the country’s factories and plantations continues to be an everyday reality. Pending concrete measures, the development and the lives of thousands of children remain [...]Read the full article
Amid rapid meltdown from global warming, headwaters of Asia’s great rivers risk hardship for millions and the prospect of water wars; observers urge China to discuss and review its development policy.Read the full article