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Recover Mekong's forgotten fish
News, Lan Mercado, Published on 04/03/2024
» Fish that walk, and even ones that talk, stingrays the size of cars, minnows smaller than your fingernail, snail-eating pufferfish and ghostly salmon carp. These are just some of the 1,148 extraordinary fish species hidden beneath the surface of the Mekong river's murky waters for millennia.
Accept value of domestic workers
Oped, Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, Published on 16/06/2021
» When I took up my role as the regional director of the International Labour Organization in Bangkok, domestic workers were at the forefront of my mind. Not only is the Asia Pacific region home to half of the world's domestic workers, but this group of workers exists at the nexus of so many areas of my own personal interest -- the rights of women workers, health and housing, international cooperation and migration governance.
Reproductive rights must be the new reality for all
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 11/07/2019
» About 25 years ago, a sweeping consensus on population and development was reached at a landmark meeting in Cairo -- the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, or ICPD.
Time to take climate action
News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2018
» The 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN climate change framework (COP24) has ended. With a certain direct sense of irony, it was held in Katowice, Poland, the centre of coal production in eastern Europe. The achievements of the two weeks of meetings, extended past its deadline as usual, are still being assessed. Many key decisions were put off for yet another huge COP, already scheduled to begin in 11 months.
Optimism for Rohingya
News, Editorial, Published on 16/04/2018
» After months of a mix of cruelty and ineptitude, the Myanmar government has taken a small but possibly significant step on the Rohingya crisis. The Aung San Suu Kyi government has sent its minister of social welfare to Bangladesh. It was noteworthy that during the visit, Win Myat Aye spoke directly with Rohingya refugees and told them they could return to Rakhine state.