Global IssuesPakistan-India: Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
Sunday, January 29, 2012
'It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain,' recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
Pakistan: New Rehab Plan Brings Hope for War-Disabled
Saturday, January 28, 2012
The prolonged United States-led war against terrorism has left a large number of people disabled in Pakistan, compelling the government to institute a rehabilitation plan that will include imparting vocational skills.
India: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
Friday, January 27, 2012
The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.
Health-South Africa: HIV-Related Deaths Slows Economy
Friday, January 27, 2012
If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn.
Pakistan: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help
Thursday, January 26, 2012
'He was a happy child, my younger brother,' Mohammad Ramzan, 18, reminisced, his voice steeped in sadness.
Afghanistan: 38 Attacks a Day Take Their Toll
Thursday, January 26, 2012
A red flare lights up the moonless night at a remote military outpost in southern Kandahar, a signal to land for the incoming helicopter. Bordering Pakistan, this desolate strip of desert is deadly, especially during peak ‘fighting season’ every summer between NATO-ISAF military forces and the Taliban.
Sri Lanka: Poorest Still Go Hungry
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Experts agree that Sri Lanka's free pre and postnatal clinics across the island nation have helped bring infant mortality down to 15 per 1,000 live births and the under-five mortality rate to 21 per 1,000 live births.
Argentina: In Famatina, Water Is Worth Far More Than Gold
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Thousands of people in the northwest Argentine province of La Rioja are mobilising to stop an open-cast gold mining project in the Nevados de Famatina, a snowy peak that is the semi-arid area's sole source of drinking water.
South Sudan: Still Counting the Dead in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
Monday, January 23, 2012
In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent inter-ethnic clashes in Pibor county that killed her mother and sisters.
Japan: Tsunami Brings Sea Change to Tohoku
Monday, January 23, 2012
Yumi Goto, 60, lives with her husband in a temporary shelter on a windy hill that overlooks vast stretches of tsunami-devastated seacoast where her home was once located.
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