News The Citizen Newspaper dated 12 March 2015 reported the UN condemnation on the wave of albino killings in Tanzania. Speaking in Geneva Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed disgust at the albino barbaric killings and mentioned Tanzania, Burundi and Malawi as places where the lives of people with albinism are at risk. He further warned that the surge in Tanzania could be linked…

The movement of feminism in Malaysia as in similar developing countries or in the West has the same goal for women globally - to establish equality in terms of the economic, education, politics, or social spheres of life. However, many Malaysian women are not comfortable in labelling themselves feminists due to the connotation and concept of feminism that is considered alien and contains Western elements. Some parties condemn feminism as…

On the 24th of December 2014 the Astana Times reported that the Kazakh Government Civil Society are discussing a new bill which would introduce public funding of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). A meeting took place on the 18th of December 2014 attended by numerous government departments and over 40 NGO agents reviewed "strengthening the dialogue between the authorities and civil society organisations on human dimension issues and promoting civil society initiatives…

For over 10 days now, Kashmir has been at the mercy of the Jhelum River which has submerged many parts of the city leading to a catastrophic situation. With over thousands killed and a million displaced, the floods have brought life to a standstill in the city. The calamity was in the making for over 5 years as the Flood Control Department had warned the government of an impending flood…