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  • WFP Calls for Sustained Access To Gaza as Humanitarian Convoy Brings First Food Supplies

    WFP Calls for Sustained Access To Gaza as Humanitarian Convoy Brings First Food Supplies

    Rome, Italy: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed the opening of the border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, which enabled a first convoy of trucks to bring in urgently needed food, water and other supplies provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations for hundreds of...
  • UN Women report reveals devastating impact of the crisis in Gaza on women, girls

    UN Women report reveals devastating impact of the crisis in Gaza on women, girls 

    New York City:  UN Women’s Rapid Assessment and Humanitarian Response in the Occupied Palestinian Territory sheds light on the profound impact of the ongoing conflict on the people in Gaza, including on women and girls. Following the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing Israeli attacks on Gaza,...
  • No Funeral for Nazia: Traversing Across Traditional Rites of Farewell

    No Funeral for Nazia: Traversing Across Traditional Rites of Farewell

    Taha Kehar’s No Funeral for Nazia published by Neem Tree Press is a witty tale that challenges social conventions and narrates the story of Nazia Sami, a celebrated author who in her final days, wields pen one last time and leaves a trail of instructions for her sister, Naureen....
  • Dr. Fatma H. Al-Awadhi: Leveraging Potential for Biomedical Development

    Dr. Fatma H. Al-Awadhi: Leveraging Potential for Biomedical Development

    The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and...
  • The Crisis of Hunger in South Africa Requires Urgent Attention

    The Crisis of Hunger in South Africa Requires Urgent Attention

    October 16, 2023: Oxfam South Africa has learnt from its programmatic and advocacy work with communities in South Africa and the SADC that the pandemic and subsequent austerity measures have worsened inequality and food insecurity, catalysing an urgent need for concerted efforts to address the crisis. The pandemic has...
  • Opinion: On the Systematic Poisoning of Public Channels of Information

    Opinion: On the Systematic Poisoning of Public Channels of Information

    Shock waves reverberated all around the globe on October 7th, 2023 when an occupied, colonized and oppressed people – living in the largest open air ghetto – rose in rebellion. There is no going around it. Indeed, there can never ever be justification for taking lives! That said, it...
  • Bridging the Gender Gap: Women in Pakistan's Evolving Tech Sector

    Bridging the Gender Gap: Women in Pakistan’s Evolving Tech Sector

    While Pakistan is going through severe economic and political turmoil at the moment, a small ray of sunshine in all this gloom and doom is the rapidly advancing tech sector of the country. Historically, women in Pakistan had to deal with numerous obstacles when venturing into the workplace. Cultural...
  • Dr. Dana Alsulaiman: Contributing to Positive Health Transformations in Saudi Arabia

    Dr. Dana Alsulaiman: Contributing to Positive Health Transformations in Saudi Arabia

    The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and...
  • Saving Lives By Destigmatizing Mental Health And Cancer

    Saving Lives By Destigmatizing Mental Health And Cancer

    As I was exploring DCF’s work, I lost thought for a few minutes when I read these lines on its Homepage, “In Nepal, cancer is still considered a communicable disease and cancer patients are ignored in the society.” I could not help thinking how heartbreaking it must be for...
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