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A child in Dhaka’s Karial slum, Bangladesh. Bangladeshi children are increasingly becoming victims of sexual brutality. A report released by the Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum, a Dhaka-based child rights organization, revealed that at least 496 children were raped in Bangladesh during the first six months of 2019. (Photo by UN Photo/Kibae Park) Photo used under CC BY

Spike in sex crimes, child rape in Bangladesh

Multiple incidents of ghastly sexual violence in recent months have raised serious concerns over the safety of women and children in Bangladesh. Experts blame “a culture of impunity” for the spike in sex crimes.

Deutsche Welle

Heavy monsoon rains drench Rohingya camps

Dozens of landslides and extensive flooding have left the Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement — home to more than 900,000 Rohingya — battered and sinking into a vast sea of mud.

Forbes

Rohingya women aren‘t just refugees—they’re leaders

Marie Claire

Climate affecting crops, reducing food supplies

Climate change is reducing global production of staples such as rice and wheat and is shrinking food supplies, particularly in food-insecure developing countries.

The Conversation

Migrant children report sex assault, retaliation

Dozens of migrant children held at a crowded Arizona border station have reported allegations of sexual assault and retaliation for protests at border facility.

The Hill

The inhumane treatment of migrants is not new. It’s a key part of a decades-old bipartisan policy

YouTube

Medical negligence found in Egypt’s prisons

Prisons and police stations in Egypt are severely overcrowded, constituting health risks to prisoners both in the immediate and longer-term. Political prisoners are denied medical treatment.

Al Jazeera

China urged to end mass Xinjiang detentions

More than 20 countries at the UN Human Rights Council have signed a joint letter criticizing China’s treatment of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Cocaine, meth fuels crime and chaos in Fiji

The Pacific island nation best known as a holiday destination, Fiji, is grappling with a growing drug problem. “White drugs” or cocaine and meth were, until a few years ago, almost unheard of in the country.

Guardian

The new drug highway: Pacific islands at centre of cocaine trafficking boom

Guardian

Tribal violence in PNG kills women and children

Children and pregnant women are among the 24 people confirmed to have died in a brutal flare-up of violence between rival tribes over several days in Hela province, Papua New Guinea. Some reports put the death toll higher.

BBC

Striking photos of the past and present of Papua New Guinea

Smithsonian Magazine

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

UK votes to legalize gay marriage in N. Ireland

Britain’s parliament voted in favor of a plan that would compel the government to legalize same-sex marriage and extend abortion rights in Northern Ireland, if the province is unable to re-establish its own devolved government.

NBCNews.com

Oman is Middle East’s key diplomatic player

In a part of the world afflicted by war, Oman, a country of 4.6 million people, has emerged as a quiet facilitator of dialogue. A friend to many opposing sides, it places itself between conflicts without being engulfed by them.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Can this new way to grow crops feed the world?

A Stanford research team has discovered a genetic adaptation that allows one hardy plant to thrive on the world’s arable land that suffers from lack of accessible iron, rendering it inhospitable to staple crops.

Phys.org

Instagram introduces anti-bullying features

Instagram is rolling out new features, some of which rely on AI, to help combat cyberbullying, as the social media company and its parent, Facebook Inc., work to quell criticism related to harassment on their platforms.

FOX News

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO’s ‘essential tests’ list gets an upgrade

The WHO has published two lists that will help countries prioritize critical health products that should be widely available, accessible, and affordable throughout health systems, especially in low-and middle-income countries.

Forbes

Fear, mistrust stalk battle to halt Ebola outbreak

Ebola has claimed 1,500 lives in the east of the DR Congo. Extreme poverty, insecurity and poor communications amid a population where health workers are feared and distrusted is making the epidemic worse.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

‘Batman’ goes around saving shelter animals

Chris Van Dorn grew up watching the Batman series and volunteered with animal rescues. When it was time for him to start his own rescue organization Batman4Paws, he decided to do it dressed up as Batman, of course.

MSN

Choir makes tunes to empower infertile women

An all female choir wearing traditional African clothing printed with the Merck Foundation’s logo are singing to encourage people not to blame women for infertility.

NPR

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

DiCaprio creating new environmental NGO?

Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new nonprofit environmental powerhouse to tackle climate change and loss of biodiversity.

Page Six

Rockefeller Foundation announces climate initiative

Philanthropy News Digest

Japan donates $2M in aid to help Fijians

Japan has donated aid worth $2.3 million to help Fijians with the restoration of basic needs and livelihoods following natural disasters.

Fiji Sun

ENVIRONMENT

Chinese air pollution is dimming sunlight

According to new research, China’s coal-driven air pollution is significantly reducing the output of solar panels by dimming the sun.

Ars Technica

Beijing’s skyline: with and without air pollution – in pictures

Guardian

Indonesia returning waste to wealthy nations

Indonesia is returning contaminated waste to wealthy nations, including the U.S. The Southeast Asian nation is sending back 57 containers contaminated with used diapers, plastic and other materials.

The Hill

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Tanzania leader urges women to ‘free ovaries’

President John Magufuli urged Tanzania’s women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children to help boost the economy into a regional powerhouse, a step critics said would instead worsen inequality and poverty.

Reuters

Ghana is now Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money market

Quartz

India needs rainfall to reverse slow economy

India needs this year’s monsoon season to deliver heavier rainfall that will boost farm output and economic growth — but the country has been disappointed so far.

CNBC

Photo of the Day

Farmers cool down under a water jet after laboring in the fields of Gangavhare, Maharashtra, India in September 2015. (Photo by www.david baxendale.com) Photo used under CC BY

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