global development
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Donald Trump’s ‘global gag rule’ could align US with Iran, Sudan, Syria and other countries targeted by US travel ban at Commission on the Status of Women
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Unprecedented number of children maimed, killed and recruited for combat roles, says Unicef report on violations suffered by children
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Study claims hardened stance on immigration leaves undocumented migrant workers at greater risk of modern slavery and human rights abuses
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An app targeted specifically at India’s 26.8 million disabled people promises to create newfound opportunities for striking up relationships
in depth
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New organisation in region with high rate of sex assault wants to move from culture of blaming victims to one of shaming perpetrators
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Business in the Sululta district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region is burgeoning. So why, despite abundant rainfall, does half the population have no access to fresh water?
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Home-based workers in Sindh province, who prop up the country’s informal economy, hope their historic victory will mean an end to exploitation
talking points
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Nations pledge millions to mitigate Trump’s block on funding to family planning services worldwide, and outline US budget indicates big fall in aid spending
pictures, video & audio
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Women from more than 40 countries are staging a strike from all work, paid and unpaid. But if you can’t join them, there are lots of ways you can show your solidarity – here’s how
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In India, 6,000 tonnes of plastic waste lies uncollected every day. Some of this washes up in Tamil Nadu state where it pollutes and contaminates the food and water of communities living along the Bay of Bengal
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Last year, photographer Matt Black documented the logistics chain of international food aid from a warehouse hub in Dubai to Unity State in South Sudan, where famine has just been declared
games & quizzes
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From the Brexit vote to Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, 2016 was a year of seismic shifts. How closely were you paying attention?
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Hundreds of thousands of people drown every year. Many deaths go unrecorded, however, and pressure to teach people to swim is not what it might be
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Reckon you could teach world humanitarian summit delegates a thing or two about aid? Take our quiz and find out if you’re a wizard on human welfare
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Access to water is a basic human right, but roughly one in 10 people globally are without a safe source. To mark World Water Day, try our quiz
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusUS may go cheek by jowl with women’s rights abusers at UN gender talksDonald Trump’s ‘global gag rule’ could align US with Iran, Sudan, Syria and other countries targeted by US travel ban at Commission on the Status of Women
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networks
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals Network'My vulva cupcakes were confiscated' - a day in the life of an anti-FGM campaignerCampaigning against FGM around the world gets Leyla Hussein into some interesting situations. But she didn’t expect to be so affected by going ‘home’
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa network'You were supposed to die tonight': US anti-terror strategy linked to torture in AfricaSecurity forces funded by US are accused of human rights abuses including summary executions and disappearances
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Exiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza
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Strongmen are back in vogue, but these six people are determined to defy the despots
Raped, beaten, exploited: the 21st-century slavery propping up Sicilian farming