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HIGHLIGHTS Despite progress made through vaccination drives, people across South Asia continue to be threatened by new and deadly waves of COVID-19. Hard-won development gains benefiting women and children are compromised, including in learning, due to prolonged…

The charity is one of the few agencies now delivering emergency aid on the ground as extreme hunger and winter threatens the lives of millions As a harsh winter set in for 23 million people facing acute…

8 cartoons: Meet eight men and women from Afghanistan, Myanmar and Bangladesh and learn about their journeys as refugees and migrants in Asia as they tell their own stories in these eight cartoons. They are often young.…

In October 2021, Action on Armed Violence recorded 1,731 deaths and injuries from 141 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians accounted for 51% (875) of the deaths and injuries…

Essential services for women and girl survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been decimated following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Amnesty International said today. In 26 new interviews, survivors and service providers told Amnesty International…

In Numbers 22.8 million people – half of the population -- will face acute food insecurity from November 20211 including 8.7 million at risk of famine-like conditions 3.2 million children and 700,000 pregnant and lactating women at risk…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee…

KABUL – Without urgent funding to stave off a catastrophe, 3.2 million children in Afghanistan face severe hunger and the life-threatening consequences of malnutrition. Humanitarian needs have increased and around 23 million people need urgent food…

In Numbers 22.8 million people – half of the population -- will face acute food insecurity from November 20211 including 8.7 million at risk of famine-like conditions 3.2 million children and 700,000 pregnant and lactating women at risk…

UK compensation bill for civilian harm in Iraq and Afghanistan reaches £32m, but MoD still has no effective policy to handle claims 30 November 2021 The compensation bill for civilians harmed in UK military operations in Iraq and…