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Taliban threaten to shut down NGOs that employ women

Government claims Afghan women working for NGOs do not adhere to its dress code

The Independent UK

The Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure

The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women

The Independent UK

Six ways to make the internet safer for women

Women are less likely to protect themselves online because current safety advice does not take full account of their needs – despite women being more at risk from cyber abuse and threats than men. This abuse of women is a growing problem, with one in five reporting they have experienced…

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Is it right to cut Afghanistan off from global climate funding over Taliban’s rights record?

Taliban say access to climate funds is the right of their people. But experts tell Stuti Mishra that giving them a seat at the table might be seen as legitimising their human rights abuse

The Independent UK

Greece facing refugee ‘children’s emergency’ as arrivals double in 2024

NGOs urge authorities to enforce child-protection measures, citing violence and alarming living conditions

The Guardian - UK

Dutch court rejects bid to halt arms exports to Israel as Gaza war rages

Court says ‘all claims dismissed’ after rights groups file lawsuit to stop arms sales, citing genocide convention.

Al Jazeera

Defiant Georgia protesters return to streets after EU talks suspended

Police fire tear gas to disperse crowds as demonstrators toss fireworks at police on sixth night of rallies in Tbilisi.

Al Jazeera

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Vested interests and a flawed system: Why talks to agree historic treaty against plastic pollution collapsed

Analysis: Deep divisions, obstructions by fossil fuel-producing countries and the missing voices of campaigners and experts all contributed to the collapse of talks, as Asia climate correspondent Stuti Mishra explains from Busan, South Korea

The Independent UK

Mental health and HIV in teens: Strategies to end stigma and discrimination

This article commemorates World AIDS Day on December 1.

The Conversation

Future Of Deep-sea Mining Stands At A Crucial Juncture

Torn between the defenders of the world's seabeds and industrialists eager to exploit the vast, untapped resources of the deep, the international community faces a crucial year that could decide the future of mining in the high seas.

International Business Times

Alarm over new law giving Paraguay powers to crack down on NGOs

Activists condemn law and liken it to civil society crackdowns in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Hungary and Russia

The Guardian - US

Abortion did not play as big a role in the US election as many anticipated. What might happen on this issue now?

Online, people predicted the 2024 US election would be Roevember.

The Conversation

The Internet's Defenders Are Running Out of Money—And We're All at Risk

Small businesses represent 43.5% of the American GDP. These underdogs employ 61.6 million people and provide critical products and services to communities across the nation.

International Business Times

Indonesia Tribe's Homeland At Risk After Losing Final Appeal: NGOs

Indonesia's top court on Friday rejected an appeal by an Indigenous tribe in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, leaving it at risk of losing vast swathes of ancestral forest, rights groups said.

International Business Times

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Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher

The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents. Yet the lack of media and geopolitical attention to this 18-month-long conflict has not made its devastation in terms of human lives any less stark.

The Guardian - UK

The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries at the UN’s Cop16 summit in Colombia have yet to break the deadlock over who pays and how much

Radio France Internationale

French brand tops mercury contamination in Europe’s tuna

Mercury contamination has been found in cans of tuna tested across Europe, with some samples containing four times the permitted level, two NGOs warned on Tuesday. The highest level was found in cans sold by French brand Petit Navire.

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Israeli Authorities Bar Entry Of Medical Ngos To Gaza

Israeli authorities bar medical NGOs, including FAJR Scientific, from entering Gaza during conflict, impacting critical healthcare services.

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Working mothers struggle, quit jobs as govt shuts down 22 crèches across Delhi

The Delhi government has closed 22 of the 44 standalone crèches operated by NGOs under the PALNA scheme, affecting families and working women across the national capital. The decision was first detailed in an order by Delhi’s Women and Child Department on March 5, followed by a June 20 order…

The Independent UK

Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited

Nearly three dozen rights groups urge Thailand’s prime minister to release a Vietnamese activist facing extradition, warning he risks torture if returned

The Guardian - UK

Human rights groups urge Polish PM to shelve plan to suspend right to asylum

More than 60 NGOs including Holocaust memorial group tell Donald Tusk region’s volatility ‘doesn’t exempt us from humanity’

Newslaundry

Leadership void, ‘mounting arrears’, defunct help desk: The crisis at Delhi Commission for Women

Three dysfunctional helplines. A commission without any nominated members since July. Most workers allegedly without pay since November last year. A nearly 28 percent slash in funding compared to the last financial year. And an institution struggling to process thousands of complaints.

The Guardian - AU

Out-of-home care for Indigenous children to be all Aboriginal-controlled

Commitment to Aboriginal-controlled care comes after reports find it provides ‘the best outcomes for children and families’

Radio France Internationale

Court weighs survivors' claim that French troops stood by during Rwanda genocide

The Paris Court of Appeal has set a date to rule on whether to dismiss long-standing accusations that French troops knowingly failed to prevent a massacre in the Bisesero hills of western Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

France 24

South African government seeks solution to millions in unpaid electricity bills

In South Africa, the government considers how to absorb the impact of around 400 million euros worth of electricity bills still unpaid by some districts. Also, NGOs say that French energy giant TotalEnergies' controversial oil project in northern Uganda, is having devastating effects on biodiversity. And after decades at the…

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