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2 September 2010
Neighbourly action in Pakistan's Charsadda district prevented the floods from being an even greater disaster. But what trouble does climate change spell for the region's future?
19 May 2010
Indian car sales are booming thanks to easy credit and cheap manufacturing. But who is counting the environmental cost?
21 April 2010
Humanitarian groups in Afghanistan say NATO's involvement in development aid threatens to undermine the neutrality of aid workers, as well as putting them in danger.
29 March 2010
A new report claims that women's groups in Nepal have helped to cut deaths among mothers and newborn babies by up to 30 per cent. The study suggests this was achieved by developing women's confidence and encouraging them to share their experiences of childbirth.
10 March 2010
In Karachi, Pakistan, informal workers, particularly women, have been hit hard by the global financial recession and rising costs of fuel and food. Zofeen T. Ebrahim talks to women affected by the increased workload and talks to those who are trying to improve their conditions by organising home-workers.
17 February 2010
Last week India halted the commercial release of the world's first genetically modified aubergine, or brinjal as it is known locally. While public interest has been hailed as the reason for sending the vegetable into cold storage, Pierre Fitter says if you dig below the surface you'll find it's all about state politics.
25 January 2010
Researchers have published a compendium of case studies revealing how indigenous people have been affected by and are adapting to climate change. The report recommends that Western scientists draw on their knowledge and experience.
11 January 2010
A new report has argued that micro-credits are of limited help in moving women out of poverty, and may worsen their status in the long term in South Asia.
17 December 2009
Imagine a scenario where the threat to the inhabitants of conflict-torn Kashmir won't be the gun, but the quality of their air. The pollution trends in this part of the globe suggest that it has almost reached that point.
15 December 2009
Scientists fear mountain glaciers are melting faster than ever as a result of rising temperatures, leading to fears that glacial lakes are becoming dangerously unstable. For Chitral village in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountain range this has already spelled disaster.
7 December 2009
Labour inspections in India are failing to protect workers in the informal economy. A new report calls for tougher enforcement and says existing labour laws should be expanded to cover more workers.
14 September 2009
Up to five percent of women could be suffering from abuse caused by their husbands restricting their food. The extreme form of physical abuse against women has come to light in a study published by the Third World Quarterly journal this month.
31 March 2009
Bangladesh is calling for the rights of environmental refugees to be recognised as the country battles rising sea levels and chronic poverty.
29 January 2009
Life in Dhaka's shanty towns is a perpetual struggle. Aasha Mehreen Amin spoke to men and women about life in poverty.
29 January 2009
The rising cost of living in Dhaka’s urban slums, in Bangladesh, has made healthcare an increasingly unaffordable luxury.
18 August 2008
The state of Manipur has driven down tuberculosis numbers but its high levels of HIV, coupled with shame and secrecy, are threatening to undermine progress.
5 August 2008
Pakistan's drug users are shunned, forgotten and last in line for HIV treatment.
11 April 2008
Drinking water in Bangladesh is often full of salt as rising sea levels force water further inland. Expensive technology offers solutions but who will foot the bill?
11 April 2008
In Bangladesh Shamsur Rahman Shaq and Mosamot Amena Begaumin are flooded for a third of the year round. But they have found a way to survive on their waterlogged land.
5 March 2008
In Kabul one of Afghanistan's best loved actresses and radio personalities Anisa Wahab talks about her 11 years as a refugee in Pakistan.
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