Category: Global development

‘One day the Taliban will need women to be educated’: three sisters on being forced back to Afghanistan

Shallah, Fatimah and Maahi are among hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past year to a life of severe restrictionsIt was a warm summer afternoon on 15 August 2021 when the...

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Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures

With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capitalEvery summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine....

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Drowned the day her visa came through: the tragedy of a Moroccan footballer trying to reach Ceuta

Struggling on her meagre pay, Faten Ben Omar El Azizi dreamed of reaching Europe. Then she joined thousands trying to reach a better life in SpainFootball was the life Faten Ben Omar El Azizi had wanted. She had long played in...

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‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm

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 violenceAt the farm in the northwestern Spanish region of Castile and...

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AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns

‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights NetworkFlawed and racialised models that underpin the AI-powered age-detection...

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Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at...

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As Sudan’s war crosses borders and millions are made refugees, could Ethiopia’s plan solve ‘humanity’s migration issue’?

Amid fears of fresh bloodshed, the country is hoping its offer of education and employment can provide a model for other nations to followIt didn’t matter that he was so frail he could barely walk. Rahmatalla Abdeen knew if they...

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As Sudan’s war crosses borders and millions are made refugees, could Ethiopia’s plan solve ‘humanity’s migration issue’?

Amid fears of fresh bloodshed, the country is hoping its offer of education and employment can provide a model for other nations to followIt didn’t matter that he was so frail he could barely walk. Rahmatalla Abdeen knew if they...

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‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage

Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eatSima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four....

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