Celebrating DEFIANCE
After years of shouting slogans and sitting in conferences, seminars and trainings where we talk and talk and yet talk about the emancipation of women rights, we become de-sensitized to feel the agony...
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A big breakthrough for the schoolchildren of Cholistan!
Cholistan is one of the most neglected and poverty stricken area of Pakistan. The people of Cholistan live a very hard life as many basic amenities of life are almost non-existent in the area....
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STAFF SECURITY IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS
Following the approval of Global Staff Security Management Policy by ActionAid’s International Assembly, ActionAid Pakistan has initiated a phased roll-out process to ensure each and every staff is...
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Awaran earthquake affectees await early response
More than 645 people have lost their lives in an earthquake which jolted different parts of Balochistan. On rector scale, its intensity was measured as 7.7 magnitudes. In Awaran alone, it displaced...
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Before clock stops ticking for poor tenants, women farmers
UN climate change negotiations in Warsaw, Poland ended without enough good news for the poor countries and no sufficient funds committed for the Philippine typhoon Haiyan in particular. Harjeet Singh,...
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Stop violence against women!
In a society where a lot is happening to tarnish the image of the country as a moderate nation, the recent event of honor killing which caused death of a pregnant woman through pelting, has further...
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Typhoons mired communities struggle hard to evade future disasters
Life for a poor family in Philippines is as bad and challenging as one can imagine of it to be. Recurrent disasters have had a very serious impact on their ability to rebuild lives. They are trapped in...
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Philippines Typhoons: Landless affectees need collaborative support from...
I have been visiting different parts of Philippines to assess the damage caused by the latest typhoon - Hagupit (locally known as Ruby), and the impact on the poorest of the poor families.From my...
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