UK government awards £6m to projects working to end child slavery
Modern slavery innovation fund will back global projects to stop child exploitation in factories making products sold in Britain
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Clean water finally flows to transform lives of tea pickers in Bangladesh
Poor sanitation meant Surma valley workers and their families were often sick, but a hygiene project has brought them a healthy water supply and safe toilets
Read moreWomen’s leader from India’s ruling BJP charged with child trafficking
Juhi Chowdhury, state secretary of Bharatiya Janata party, arrested for alleged involvement in a cartel that police say sold Indian babies to people overseas
Read moreThe mysterious murder of an NGO worker in Pakistan
The truth behind Zafar Lund’s assassination may never be known, but he tried to protect the poor and downtrodden against the powerful – which earned him enemies among landowners, politicians and sectarian extremists
Read moreBangladesh campaign has cut acid attacks
Letters: The government introduced strict new penalties, set up special courts to deal with cases and restricted the sale of acid
Read moreMyanmar: thousands attend funeral of Aung San Suu Kyi adviser
Death of Muslim lawyer Ko Ni, shot in the head at Yangon airport, highlights persecution of Muslims in the country
Read more‘Global gag rule’ jeopardises future of Asia health initiatives, campaigners say
Funding for programmes from sanitation to nutrition will be subject to Trump’s far-reaching order, with huge implications for family planning providers
Read moreMigration: EU rejects proposals for Turkey-style deal for Libya
European commission opposes Maltese idea to replicate Ankara deal to reduce crossings from Libya to Italy, which resulted in 5,000 deaths in 2016
Read moreKolkata: the city that eats fish reared on sewage
Farmers rear sewage-fed fish to meet the West Bengal city’s growing food demand in the face of competition for wastewater and real estate
Read moreOn the climate change frontline: the disappearing fishing villages of Bangladesh
Kutubdia’s islanders don’t have much of a carbon footprint – most don’t have regular electricity. But they are facing the reality of a changing climate, and soon tens of millions of their fellow Bangladeshis will be at risk
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