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  1. ‘Drops take seconds but change a life for ever’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio
    By Kamran Yousuf in Pulwama, Kashmir

    Shameema and Tanzeela must trek for miles in summer heat to vaccinate children in Kashmir’s highlands as part of a vast national programme

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #India #Polio #Kashmir #Globalhealth #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Society #Health #TheGuardian #KamranYousufinPulwama #Kashmir

  2. ‘Drops take seconds but change a life for ever’: the women saving India’s remotest people from polio
    By Kamran Yousuf in Pulwama, Kashmir

    Shameema and Tanzeela must trek for miles in summer heat to vaccinate children in Kashmir’s highlands as part of a vast national programme

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #India #Polio #Kashmir #Globalhealth #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Infectiousdiseases #Science #Society #Health #TheGuardian #KamranYousufinPulwama #Kashmir

  3. ‘Reaching 50 is a success story’: how one trans woman survived HIV and stigma in Latin America
    By John Musenze in Rio de Janeiro

    Erika Castellanos has beaten the life expectancy of 35 for a transgender woman in the region, but warns aid cuts and a rollback in human rights risk reversing efforts to end Aids

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #AidsandHIV #Transgender #USAID #Society #Mexico #Americas #Worldnews #TheGuardian #JohnMusenzeinRiodeJaneiro

  4. ‘Reaching 50 is a success story’: how one trans woman survived HIV and stigma in Latin America
    By John Musenze in Rio de Janeiro

    Erika Castellanos has beaten the life expectancy of 35 for a transgender woman in the region, but warns aid cuts and a rollback in human rights risk reversing efforts to end Aids

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #AidsandHIV #Transgender #USAID #Society #Mexico #Americas #Worldnews #TheGuardian #JohnMusenzeinRiodeJaneiro

  5. Cockroach protests: parents of Indian students who took their own lives reveal pressure of leaked exam papers and resits
    By Cheena Kapoor

    The number of student suicides in the country has risen steeply in the past 10 years and many families blame education system mismanagement as a contributing factor

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #India #SouthandcentralAsia #Education #Worldnews #Students #TheGuardian #CheenaKapoor

  6. Cockroach protests: parents of Indian students who took their own lives reveal pressure of leaked exam papers and resits
    By Cheena Kapoor

    The number of student suicides in the country has risen steeply in the past 10 years and many families blame education system mismanagement as a contributing factor

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #India #SouthandcentralAsia #Education #Worldnews #Students #TheGuardian #CheenaKapoor

  7. ‘Her face was beaten in’: how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed
    By Khadija Haidary, Zahra Nader, Hura Omar* & Atousa Azar* for Zan Times

    An investigation into 231 femicide cases highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, where men are empowered to murder and face no punishment while their crimes are covered up by the state

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Afghanistan #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Society #Taliban #Globaldevelopment #SouthandcentralAsia #TheGuardian #KhadijaHaidary #ZahraNader #HuraOmarAtousaAzarforZanTimes

  8. ‘Her face was beaten in’: how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed
    By Khadija Haidary, Zahra Nader, Hura Omar* & Atousa Azar* for Zan Times

    An investigation into 231 femicide cases highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, where men are empowered to murder and face no punishment while their crimes are covered up by the state

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Afghanistan #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Society #Taliban #Globaldevelopment #SouthandcentralAsia #TheGuardian #KhadijaHaidary #ZahraNader #HuraOmarAtousaAzarforZanTimes

  9. ‘I want the world to know my sister’s name’: friends and families of 17 aid workers killed in 2006 Muttur massacre demand justice
    By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, and KA Shaji

    Twenty years on, no one has been held accountable for the brutal killings of young Tamils working for a French NGO in Sri Lanka

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #SriLanka #Humanitarianresponse #Aid #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent #KAShaji

  10. ‘I want the world to know my sister’s name’: friends and families of 17 aid workers killed in 2006 Muttur massacre demand justice
    By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, and KA Shaji

    Twenty years on, no one has been held accountable for the brutal killings of young Tamils working for a French NGO in Sri Lanka

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #SriLanka #Humanitarianresponse #Aid #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent #KAShaji

  11. Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’
    By Dan Collyns in Lima

    Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Mining #Mining #Business #Environment #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #DanCollynsinLima

  12. Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’
    By Dan Collyns in Lima

    Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Mining #Mining #Business #Environment #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #DanCollynsinLima

  13. Women behind the lens: ‘I may not be able to decide whose faces are painted on walls but I can make sure female boxers are part of that archive’
    By Olaoluwa Olowu

    Photojournalist Olaoluwa Olowu is documenting the lives of women in Ghana who choose to fight

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Women #Photography #Ghana #Art #Boxing #Sport #Africa #Artanddesign #Worldnews #Society #TheGuardian #OlaoluwaOlowu

  14. Women behind the lens: ‘I may not be able to decide whose faces are painted on walls but I can make sure female boxers are part of that archive’
    By Olaoluwa Olowu

    Photojournalist Olaoluwa Olowu is documenting the lives of women in Ghana who choose to fight

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Women #Photography #Ghana #Art #Boxing #Sport #Africa #Artanddesign #Worldnews #Society #TheGuardian #OlaoluwaOlowu

  15. The US government’s mislabelled map of Africa at a global Aids conference shows again a failure to understand the continent | Kenneth Ngure
    By Kenneth Ngure

    This crude lack of thought is influencing crucial budget decisions on HIV programmes, which were cut by 25% worldwide in 2025

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globalhealth #AidsandHIV #USAID #DonaldTrump #Society #USnews #Worldnews #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #KennethNgure

  16. The US government’s mislabelled map of Africa at a global Aids conference shows again a failure to understand the continent | Kenneth Ngure
    By Kenneth Ngure

    This crude lack of thought is influencing crucial budget decisions on HIV programmes, which were cut by 25% worldwide in 2025

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globalhealth #AidsandHIV #USAID #DonaldTrump #Society #USnews #Worldnews #USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #Globaldevelopment #TheGuardian #KennethNgure

  17. ‘Danger no longer only comes from the hitmen, but from the state’: the Honduran farmers labelled terrorists for protecting their land
    By Cassandra van Douveren in Rigores, Honduras. Photographs by Fritz Pinnow

    After another massacre of smallholders – who are subjected to violence from palm oil firms and drug traffickers – the country’s new Trump-backed government has criminalised community leaders

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Landrights #Globaldevelopment #Honduras #Worldnews #Americas #Palmoil #Indigenouspeoples #Environment #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #Organisedcrime #Humanrights #Conflictandarms #Commodities #TheGuardian #CassandravanDouvereninRigores #HondurasPhotographsbyFritzPinnow

  18. ‘Danger no longer only comes from the hitmen, but from the state’: the Honduran farmers labelled terrorists for protecting their land
    By Cassandra van Douveren in Rigores, Honduras. Photographs by Fritz Pinnow

    After another massacre of smallholders – who are subjected to violence from palm oil firms and drug traffickers – the country’s new Trump-backed government has criminalised community leaders

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Landrights #Globaldevelopment #Honduras #Worldnews #Americas #Palmoil #Indigenouspeoples #Environment #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #Organisedcrime #Humanrights #Conflictandarms #Commodities #TheGuardian #CassandravanDouvereninRigores #HondurasPhotographsbyFritzPinnow

  19. ‘It’s not about the Qur’an, it’s about the money’: how boys of five are forced to beg on Senegal’s streets
    By Pete Pattisson in Saint-Louis

    An old west African practice of sending children away to study is being used as a cover for trafficking, say human rights groups

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Humantrafficking #Senegal #Africa #Islam #Worldnews #Urbanisation #Humanrights #Cities #Religion #TheGuardian #PetePattissoninSaintLouis

  20. ‘It’s not about the Qur’an, it’s about the money’: how boys of five are forced to beg on Senegal’s streets
    By Pete Pattisson in Saint-Louis

    An old west African practice of sending children away to study is being used as a cover for trafficking, say human rights groups

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Humantrafficking #Senegal #Africa #Islam #Worldnews #Urbanisation #Humanrights #Cities #Religion #TheGuardian #PetePattissoninSaintLouis

  21. Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus
    By Prosper Heri Ngorora in Bunia

    As the death toll rises to almost 1,500, and with a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain potentially still months away, health workers face a battle to slow the outbreak

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Ebola #Infectiousdiseases #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Africa #Worldnews #TheGuardian #ProsperHeriNgororainBunia

  22. ‘The number of remains is difficult to determine’: civil war death site dug up for landfill in El Salvador
    By Words and photographs by Camilo Freedman in Tecoluca, El Salvador

    Diggers are working at what campaigners call a place where ‘human life, biodiversity and the environment will be sacrificed’

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #ElSalvador #Americas #Worldnews #Humanrights #TheGuardian #Words #photographsbyCamiloFreedmaninTecoluca #ElSalvador

  23. ‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm
    By Brenda Chávez and Ashifa Kassam

    Fatima left her family behind in Morocco for seasonal work in Spain. But the dreams of a better life quickly turned into exploitation, squalid conditions and violence

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Spain #Europe #Worldnews #Modernslavery #Humantrafficking #Humanrights #Humanrights #Womensrightsandgenderequality #Forcedlabour #Women #Migrationanddevelopment #TheGuardian #BrendaChvez #AshifaKassam

  24. A quarter of young Africans believe USAID cuts could be positive, survey finds
    By Sarah Johnson

    Losing funds should force leaders to confront their own challenges, they said, while many voiced concerns over increasing foreign influence

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Aid #Trumpadministration #USAID #Society #Africa #USpolitics #TheGuardian #SarahJohnson