Caught Between Two Happinesses
Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry.
KATE WALTON
Everything I Needed to Know About Survival, I Learned from a Computer Game
Games, and cartoons, boost youth disaster preparation.
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The Humanitarian Cost of International Peace Efforts in Myanmar
Plans to assist Myanmar's development may be doing more harm than good.
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At Risk Because They Don't Exist
Two-thirds of children in South Asia are not registered at birth, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation.
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Malnutrition Remains Major Killer in Nepal
Number of children with acute malnutrition remains near emergency levels despite decades of effort and millions of aid dollars.
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Deported, Banned and Unwanted
Rohingya fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar forced to return home.
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Community Radio Enables Disaster Preparedness
Media spells the difference between life and death for inhabitants along coastal Bangladesh.
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Dollars for Diarrhoea
Insufficient, fragmented and misdirected investment in the water and sanitation sector hinders the fight against diarrhoea.
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Aid in Bangladesh?
Despite "relatively modest” development assistance, poverty and malnutrition remain prevalent in Bangladesh.
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Sri Lanka’s long road to reconciliation
Militarization of north deepens distrust, problems of impunity.
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More Rohingya boat people set to flee violence
Thousands of Rohingya may head to Malaysia after last month’s deadly sectarian violence in western Myanmar.
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Salt of life dries up in Vietnam
Diminishing sources of iodine in Vietnam curb efforts to prevent nurological diseases.
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Untapped Value
Government oversight prevents local communities from reaping economic benefits from forests they have spent decades re-generating.
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Hope For Mindanao
New peace pact paves the way for the establishment of a new autonomous region.
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Nepal Women Vital to Healthcare
Female healthcare workers provide a vital service for the poorest in mountainous Nepal.
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