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Three foreign NGOs partially resume aid in Afghanistan

Kabul (AFP) - At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan, after assurances from the Taliban authorities that Afghan women can continue to work in the health sector.

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No caste certificate, no admission: Why Chhattisgarh’s displaced Adivasi children can’t go to school

This is Part III in the NL Sena series on Adivasis displaced from Chhattisgarh who now live in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Read Parts I and II here.

Newslaundry

A survey of 32,000 people found that business is more trusted than NGOs, government, and the media

'Business is the sole institution seen as competent and ethical.'

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Afghan rulers urged to reverse ban on women aid workers

The vast majority of U.N. Security Council members are urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women

The Independent UK

Taliban ban on women workers hits vital aid for Afghans

Aid workers say the Taliban's ban on women working for non-governmental organizations is already starting to hurt the massive humanitarian campaign that is keeping Afghanistan alive

The Independent UK

South Korea to ban bear farming, but what to do about hundreds of captive animals that remain?

South Korea’s successful restoration of a wild Asiatic black bear population to Jirisan National Park is a huge conservation success story. But the fortune of this wild population stands in contrast to the plight of more than 300 captive bears that remain on bear farms across the country, often in…

The Conversation

Long-delayed trial of migrant rescuers resumes in Greece

Mytilene (Greece) (AFP) - A trial in Greece of 24 migrant rescue workers accused of espionage, including Syrian swimmer Sarah Mardini who inspired a Netflix film, resumed Tuesday after more than a year as leading rights groups slammed the case as a masquerade.

AFP

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The Taliban Are Losing Some of Their Cash Cows

The U.S. and U.N. are halting aid as the Taliban ratchet up their atrocities.

Foreign Policy

NGO chief Egeland presses Taliban to reverse ban on Afghan women staff

Kabul (AFP) - The head of a leading NGO has flown to Afghanistan to urge the Taliban to reverse their ban on Afghan women aid workers, warning that "lives will be lost" if they fail to do so.

AFP

NGOs take French food giant Danone to court over plastics footprint

Three French environmental groups on Monday took legal action against Paris-based dairy group Danone, the world’s biggest yoghurt maker, over its use of plastic across the supply chain.

Radio France Internationale

While homeless battle cold, most NGOs running Delhi’s night shelters snowed under funds crisis

“If this is the case, I won’t apply for the shelter project in the upcoming years,” said Vinay Stephen, secretary of the Sadik Masih Medical Social Servant Society – among the six NGOs that oversee the Delhi government’s 195 night shelters.

Newslaundry

Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work

An aid agency chief has told The Associated Press that the Taliban's “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Afghanistan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women NGO workers, UN warns

’Without women working, we can’t deliver for the people who are in fact the primary objects of humanitarian assistance’

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists

A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts.

Reuters

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Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations

Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

AFP

Obey or leave: NGOs torn over Taliban ban on women staff

Kabul (AFP) - Aid groups say they have been "pushed against a wall" by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan women from working for NGOs, a ban that has left a dangerous gap in life-saving support.

France 24

Afghanistan’s NGO ban for women exposes rifts in Taliban ranks

The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with potentially high-stakes risks for Afghanistan’s rulers and its people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

G7 Tells Taliban to ‘Urgently Reverse’ Ban on Women Aid Workers

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan's aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The hardliners also barred women from attending universities earlier this month,…

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Italy’s Rightist Government Tightens Rules for Migrant Rescues

Italy's rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules - a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet decree approved late on Wednesday, seen by Reuters, said these…

AFP

G7 tells Taliban to 'urgently reverse' ban on women aid workers

London (AFP) - G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector.

Reuters

Italy's rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues

Al Jazeera

‘Sense of helplessness’ for Afghan women on Taliban NGO work ban

Alia, an Afghan mental health professional, said the Taliban’s ban on women working with NGOs hurts the vulnerable.

AFP

UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the "increasing erosion" of human rights in the country.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Urges Taliban to End ‘Terrible’ Restrictions on Women

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences. "No country can develop -- indeed survive -- socially and economically with half its population excluded," Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

AFP

UN urges Taliban to end 'terrible' restrictions on women

Geneva (AFP) - The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences.

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