Naomi Brooks The Mae La refugee camp was first established 40 years ago on the Thai-Myanmar border, and today many refugees living there do not know life anywhere else. Without a right to work in...
Thailand + 1 more
Thailand + 1 more
Naomi Brooks The Mae La refugee camp was first established 40 years ago on the Thai-Myanmar border, and today many refugees living there do not know life anywhere else. Without a right to work in...
Charley Piringi Ofani Eremae Ronald Toito’ona Dan McGarry We republish in two parts an investigation first published by In-depth Solomons and undertaken in collaboration with the Organized Crime and...
Fiona Ryan The 2024 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, eventually came to an agreement on the quantum of...
The monsoon rains have long been a harbinger of fertility and prosperity in Bangladesh, washing away salinity and bringing shakti, or wellness, to the land. It is perhaps fitting that the mass...
Child abuse in PNG: time to step up Stephen Howes and Estelle Stambolie As part of its tenth anniversary, we collaborated with Femili PNG to produce a report using the client data the organisation...
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), rural communities play a crucial role in shaping the country’s agricultural landscape and food security. To better understand these dynamics, the International Food Policy...
Mary Fairio Women’s leadership in PNG is often described as tough, difficult or challenging. The contributing factors range from political and economic to social and cultural. For example, the PNG...
James Stiefvater Discussions about decentralisation have been a central feature of PNG politics since before independence. The highly centralised nature of Australian colonial governance led to the...
by Michael Kabuni Recent tribal clashes in Porgera, Enga province, have claimed the lives of up to 30 people, with 17 tribes involved. Earlier in February, 49 people died in tribal warfare in Enga,...
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by Shinjiro Murata 18.6 million people. Across Myanmar, 18.6 million people are struggling to meet their basic needs—including access to medical care. The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is rapidly...
by Anne Décobert, Pyae Phyo Maung and Alec Scott Local aid workers and organisations must not only be accountable to the communities they serve but also meet the compliance requirements of...
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by Cameron Hill The world is now less than one year out from the next big International Conference on Financing for Development to be hosted by Spain. It is a truism to say that the gap between the...
by Anna Naupa, Vanessa Organo and Elise Huffer “Climate displacement of populations is the main feature of our future. We have to be ready for it and plan for it now.” So said Vanuatu’s Minister for...
by Justine McMahon The whole side of the mountain dropped and within minutes it started raining rocks and stones. It was like the end of the world. People were shouting and screaming and running for...
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by Isabelle Zhu-Maguire Two decades of conflict and nation-building in Afghanistan have brought both suffering and hope for Afghan women. But any hard-won progress towards equality and human rights...
by Nematullah Bizhan The international community has played a significant role in Afghanistan since 2001, which can be delineated into three distinct phases. The period from 2001 to 2018 is...
by Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth A question commonly asked about the inter-group conflict currently occurring in the PNG Highlands is whether or not it represents the continuation of...
by Niuone Eliuta Tuvalu, a picturesque island nation nestled in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, is currently grappling with a relentless onslaught of storm surges and towering waves, wreaking...
by Matiullah Qazizada 9 February 2024 Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector. These...
by Cameron Hill As far as foreign aid goes, Germany stands as one of the world’s giants. In 2022, Germany was the OECD’s second largest donor by volume, after the US, and was the EU’s largest...