INDONESIA: Families struggle as more women work overseas
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
The number of women leaving the archipelago, legally or illegally, has been steadily climbing over the past decade, according to the National Authority for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers. Read more...
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SOMALIA: Where fun is forbidden
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
Living in a war-torn city is hard enough for Mogadishu's youngsters, but even those few opportunities for entertainment they used to enjoy have now been banned. Listening to music, watching football or films can earn one up to 30 lashes from the enforcers who patrol neighbourhoods checking for "un-Islamic" behaviour. Read more...
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In Brief: Polio outbreak in southwestern Tajikistan
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 120 cases of “acute flaccid paralysis” in southwestern Tajikistan, of which seven have been confirmed as Type-1 poliovirus. Read more...
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TIMOR-LESTE: Poor storage adds to food insecurity
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Almost a third of Timor-Leste's maize harvest is lost each year due to poor storage facilities, analysts say, fuelling food insecurity. Read more...
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PAKISTAN: Sold into sex work
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
In their two-room tin-roof house in one of the many shanty towns that dot Lahore, Ilyas and Nasim Masih and their seven daughters, aged three to 15, eke out an existence dependent on Ilyas’s meagre income as a day labourer. Read more...
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ETHIOPIA: Feeding family unity
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Grandmother Anchilalo Ejigu was distraught when her daughter died from an HIV-related illness two years ago, leaving behind two children under five; the family’s other relatives refused to take in the children, so at the age of 50, Anchilalo became a parent all over again. Read more...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Less sex, more violence for teens
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| Tue 27 Apr, 2010. |
Schoolchildren in South Africa are having less sex, and those that are, are doing it more safely, the second National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey by the Medical Research Council (MRC) has found. Read more...
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PAKISTAN: Education chaos in northern conflict zone
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| Fri 23 Apr, 2010. |
Schools across the conflict-zone in Pakistan’s northern areas are open, but many are damaged, and there are concerns about the quality of education and funding for schools for displaced children in camps. Read more...
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