global development
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Trump immigration policy branded 'a gift to human traffickers'Study claims hardened stance on immigration leaves undocumented migrant workers at greater risk of modern slavery and human rights abuses
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Dating app helps people with disabilities find their perfect partnerAn app targeted specifically at India’s 26.8 million disabled people promises to create newfound opportunities for striking up relationships
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The boomtown that welcomes water firms but leaves locals thirstyBusiness in the Sululta district of Ethiopia’s Oromia region is burgeoning. So why, despite abundant rainfall, does half the population have no fresh water? -
Alarm over move to raise cost of work permits despite famineAid agencies condemn mooted hundredfold increase in cost of permits despite earlier promise to allow ‘unimpeded access’ to 100,000 starving people
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Charges dismissed against Irish trawler ownersCork judge dismisses case against Leonard Hyde and Pat O’Mahony, who were accused of facilitating illegal immigration and employment of a Filipino worker
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Raped, beaten, exploited: the 21st-century slavery propping up Sicilian farmingThousands of female Romanian farm workers are suffering horrendous abuse
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'Tambourine Army' hits back against sexual violence in JamaicaNew organisation in region with high rate of sex assault wants to move from culture of blaming victims to one of shaming perpetrators
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International Women’s Day: Pakistan’s ‘invisible’ female workers celebrate new legal statusHome-based workers in Sindh province, who prop up the country’s informal economy, hope their historic victory will mean an end to exploitation
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Leaders launch fund to counter Trump's 'gag rule', and huge cuts to US aid likelyNations pledge millions to mitigate Trump’s block on funding to family planning services worldwide, and outline US budget indicates big fall in aid spending
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Famine warning signs were clear – so why are 20 million lives now at risk?South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen are on the brink of catastrophe, thanks to conflict, drought, and a shocking failure in our international response
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Horror and uncertainty are part of life in Yemen. We must act to prevent famineWealthy western countries must do more to fight the heartbreaking devastation and hunger in my native country – we mustn’t wait for famine to be declared
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Even in an age of austerity, aid works. We have to keep givingAltruism aside, it makes sense to help fragile states as best we can. We suffer the effects when they fail
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Plastic pollution blights Bay of Bengal – in picturesIn India, 6,000 tonnes of plastic waste lies uncollected every day. Some of this washes up in Tamil Nadu state where it pollutes and contaminates the food and water of communities living along the Bay of Bengal
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Food aid from warehouse to plate: fighting South Sudan’s famine – in picturesLast year, photographer Matt Black documented the logistics chain of international food aid from a warehouse hub in Dubai to Unity State in South Sudan, where famine has just been declared
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Is child labour always wrong? The view from Bolivia – podcastKary Stewart looks at why 850,000 children work in Bolivia, and whether the numbers can be vindicated by the country’s unique cultural context
games & quizzes
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The world in 2016: how much do you know? – quizFrom the Brexit vote to Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, 2016 was a year of seismic shifts. How closely were you paying attention?
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Drowning: do you know enough about this global killer? – quizHundreds of thousands of people drown every year. Many deaths go unrecorded, however, and pressure to teach people to swim is not what it might be
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Humanitarian aid quiz: are you good in a crisis?Reckon you could teach world humanitarian summit delegates a thing or two about aid? Take our quiz and find out if you’re a wizard on human welfare
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World Water Day quiz – are you a fount of wisdom?Access to water is a basic human right, but roughly one in 10 people globally are without a safe source. To mark World Water Day, try our quiz
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focus'Tambourine Army' hits back against sexual violence in JamaicaNew organisation in region with high rate of sex assault wants to move from culture of blaming victims to one of shaming perpetrators
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusRaped, beaten, exploited: the 21st-century slavery propping up Sicilian farmingThousands of female Romanian farm workers are suffering horrendous abuse
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networks
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkHow women's health advocates can win in 2017US restrictions on family planning funding in developing countries puts mothers at risk, but could this crisis be an opportunity?
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa network'You were supposed to die tonight': US anti-terror strategy linked to torture in AfricaSecurity forces funded by US are accused of human rights abuses including summary executions and disappearances
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'Fake news' fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it's being used againExiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza
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In an age of autocracy, meet the dissidents speaking truth to powerStrongmen are back in vogue, but these six people are determined to defy the despots
Somalia 'Where is the help?': black tea and dark despair as famine edges closer