‘I want to leave but I’m scared’: Pandemic increases risk of violence for Gulf’s domestic workers
Lockdown measures, put in place to stem the spread of the virus, have put already vulnerable domestic maids under more pressure
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Hundreds of thousands with mental health conditions are being shackled across the world, report finds
The brutal practice can leave people with mental health conditions bound in chains or locked in confined spaces for years
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'A catalogue of cruelties' emerges from Saudi detention centres
Amnesty International provides mounting evidence of human rights abuses including migrants being shackled, torture and dying children
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Kenya’s famous Rift Valley lakes at highest levels since independence
Lakes Nakuru, Naivasha, Baringo and Bogoria are at record levels, and at least 5,000 people have been forced to flee their homes
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Warning over pollution link to Covid-19 as public calls for cleaner air
Respiratory expert warns of worse outcomes for coronavirus patients who live in polluted areas
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Access to clean water may be as vital as cutting antibiotic use in the fight against superbugs
Growing evidence suggests that environmental factors may even more important to the spread of antibiotic resistance than drug use
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India's cleaner lockdown air could save 650,000 lives
Shutdown of industry has led to a huge improvement in air quality, study finds
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Pollution, climate change and junk adverts putting ‘every child’s health at risk’
Report highlights that while healthcare has improved for children over the past 20 years, ‘progress has stalled, and is set to reverse’
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Pollution, climate change and junk adverts putting ‘every child’s health at risk’
Report highlights that while healthcare has improved for children over the past 20 years, ‘progress has stalled, and is set to reverse’
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Prof Jeff Sachs: 'Our politicians didn't listen to pandemic warnings - then a devilish virus hit'
Experts have been saying for years that new epidemics were coming, says UN adviser - we were unprepared because no one listened
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Once-in-a-lifetime floods wreak havoc across Africa
The water level in the Nile is so high that it is threatening Sudan's ancient pyramids
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Indian girl starves to death as lockdown meant family could not afford to buy food
Mother lost her job and family did not receive any government aid
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How the pandemic set global development back '25 years in just 25 weeks'
Gates Foundation analysis reveals that the Covid-19 fallout has wiped out decades of development progress
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Charity gets green light to bid for UK aid money after sexual harassment scandal
Save the Children withdrew from bidding for contracts after allegations of sexual harassment emerged
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Eight in ten children learned little or nothing during school closures while violence at home doubled, survey finds
Save the Children estimate that Covid has triggered the largest education emergency in history and is widening the gap between rich and poor
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Commonwealth chief wants 'race and reconciliation' summit
Baroness Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General, says the association should have 'uncomfortable' conversations about Empire
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Charikar flood survivors mourn dead as Afghanistan grows increasingly vulnerable to climate change
Natural disasters are nothing new to Afghanistan or Pakistan – but floods may become more frequent as climate change alters weather
