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Pakistan Floods: the importance of building back better
"The new infrastructure must not only be climate sensitive and climate resilient, but also be constructed in a participatory manner taking into consideration the local needs", says Zulfiqar Shah, our local consultant in Pakistan.
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“We want to know where they are”
Enforced disappearance is a global problem, and one that is often governed by a single principle: to cause fear among the population. The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is an opportunity to recognize the human rights defenders who support families and friends of forcibly disappeared persons in their search for the truth.
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The International fight for gender equality and decent work in the context of COVID-19
On May 21 2021, the Norwegian Human Rights Fund and the Norwegian Confederation for Trade Unions (LO) organised a webinar exploring gender equality and workers rights and the impact of COVID-19.
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Caste-Hate Speech – A Culture of Silence and Violence
Caste-based discrimination affects more than 260 million Dalits worldwide. Caste-hate speech is currently on the rise across different social media platforms, and should be acknowledged as a specific form of hate.
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#IDefendRights: Eliminating caste discrimination
In his I Defend Rights story, Human and Dalit Rights Defender Ritwajit Das talks about why he stays motivated to fight against caste oppression.
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Pakistan’s disposable labour needs attention
The Global Slavery Index estimates that 3,186,000 people are held in modern forms of slavery in Pakistan, ranking the country at 8th place among the world’s 167 nations with the highest prevalence of modern slavery. The most common form of modern slavery prevalent in Pakistan is bonded labour, mainly in agriculture and brick kilns sectors (production of bricks).
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