As polio strikes more and more people in Chad – 68 cases so far this year – tens of thousands of children are unprotected largely due to flaws in how vaccination campaigns are run.
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UNHCR 2011 refugee statistics: full data
The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide has reached 43.7m people, the highest number in 15 years, according to a report published today to mark World Refugee Day.
Nepal: No clear way out of servitude for girls sent to work as household servants
Efforts to free thousands of enslaved girls in Nepal and get them into school need more funding and less government bureaucracy, activists say.
UNHCR report says refugee numbers at 15-year high
The number of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached a 15-year high, according to the UN high commission for refugees (UNHCR), with the vast majority languishing in poor countries ill-equipped to cater to their needs.
International Labor Organization passes convention giving rights to domestic workers
Activists campaigning for the rights of domestic workers are celebrating the passing of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) convention recognizing domestic work as work. The convention is a long time coming and has brought the often invisible and abused to the forefront of protection, says a leading human rights agency.
The daily fight for life in Somalia (video)
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Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, but India in top five. Survey shows Congo, Pakistan and Somalia also fail females, with rape, poverty and infanticide rife.
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East Africa faces ‘world’s worst food security crisis’
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Leftist former army officer Ollanta Humala elected president of Peru; wants to strengthen US ties
Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala says he wants to strengthen ties with Peru’s South American neighbours and the US – a “strategic partner”.
Pakistan: Selling children to pay off a debt
Muhammad Ahsan gave his son away to his employer, a brick-kiln owner, after failing to pay back money he had earlier borrowed, but feels embarrassed that the boy has ended up working as a domestic helper in the latter’s home in Lahore.
