Asia

India 2014 election: Voting rights for transgenders (UNDP/India)

Sexual minorities given right to vote in India’s elections

6 May 2014
General News

Transgender people in India are for the first time recognized as voters in the elections currently taking place in what is known as the largest democracy in the world.

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Internet “crucial right” for children

5 May 2014
General News

Access to the Internet is a “crucial right” for young people around the world according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Only 30 per cent of people in the developing world have access to the Internet.

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Women-led organization provides education in Afghanistan

2 May 2014
General News

An organization led by woman has been working for 20 years to provide education in Afghanistan.

Working underground when the country was ruled by the Taliban, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has provided teacher training and supported education for girls and boys.

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Man versus Nature

1 May 2014
General News

Whether it’s Typhoon Haiyan which tore through South East Asia last last year, or the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004, media reports of natural disasters appear unrelenting.

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