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Top Journalists Reporting Inequality in Asia Awarded; Women Lead the Way

Women journalists led the way at the recently concluded Journalism for an Equitable Asia awards 2019-20. Nine out of the top 10 awardees were women journalists.

The Award co-convened by Oxfam in Asia and...

Joint Statement: ASEAN must prevent another “Rohingya boat crisis”

Southeast Asian leaders must do everything they can to protect refugees and prevent a repeat of this year’s “boat crisis” when some 200 refugees lost their lives at sea, 16 humanitarian agencies said today ahead of the 37th ASEAN Summit (12-15 November). With the monsoon period ending and a...

Asia Women and Rivers Congress

In March 2019, International Rivers and partners convened the inaugural global Women and Rivers Congress in Nepal. This brought together close to 100 women from more than 30 countries to celebrate the fundamental roles women play in defending and stewarding freshwater resources, and to ignite...

Understanding Financial Flows to Agriculture

The increasing integration of ASEAN markets, as envisioned by the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), has opened new opportunities for investment and trade in the region. ASEAN’s combined GDP of US$ 2.6 trillion is the third largest economy in Asia and the seventh largest in the world in 2014, which...

Tajikistan

A barefoot agronomist triggers a small revolution in orchards of the Kishtud river basin

Scanning the tall, snow-capped mountain peaks around him that alternately descend into a steep gorge cut by the River Kishtud and a rugged valley interspersed with picturesque pasturelands, Odinaev Hasanjon, 51, muses, ‘Guitan is such a small spot in this vast landscape. We look so disconnected...

Responsible investment key to better post-COVID-19 agriculture in ASEAN

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound economic impact in the region and disrupted the agricultural food systems across ASEAN, threatening production, increasing food security risks,and affecting small food producers livelihoods.

Agriculture accounts for only 10.3 percent of ASEAN...

Bangladesh

Jinjiram’s unsung hero - Salma Begum

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An emerging water leader from the remote reaches of Assam - Aruna Das

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Pakistan

Resilience in the face of COVID-19: The collective action of rice farmers in Pakistan

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every sector of the economy in Pakistan; the agriculture sector is no exception. However, proving its resilience in one of the country’s worst economic slowdowns, the agriculture and livestock sector fared far better than other services and small-scale...

Thailand

Pass or fail? 2019 Fair Finance Thailand Assessment Results: Are 9 Thai Banks More Responsible?

Fair Finance Thailand launched its second annual bank policy assessments for 9 largest Thai commercial banks.