Search Result

Search Result
Sustainable Development

Unilever Tops Food Companies In Oxfam Sustainability Ranking

Unilever increased attention to climate change and was the only top food company that asked its suppliers to support farmers’ rights organizations Unilever received t...

Read More
Human Rights

Supreme Court Questions Centre Over Human Rights Panel In Delhi

The Supreme Court today rejected the Centre's submission that the national capital does not need a State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) as it was a union territory (UT), as...

Read More
Human Rights

Securing Our Societies From The Threat Of Senseless Terrorism

Since 2000, we have witnessed a more than ten-fold increase in the number of deaths from violent extremism and terrorism - from 3,329 victims in 2000 to 32,685 in 2014. And...

Read More
Hollywood

Stars Speak Out Against Tennessee Legislation Targeting Transgender Students

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, has announced that some of the biggest...

Read More
Human Rights

Passionate Debate Erupts Over The Future For Women In Islam

Sparks flew when Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who lives under a fatwa for her condemnation of Sharia law, came face to face with fellow Somali women’s activist Hibaaq Osman The f...

Read More
Human Rights

These Indian Women Said They Could Protect Their Local Forests Better Than The Men In Their Village. The Men Agreed.

The Women Of Ghunduri bandi, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, have taken over the taskof guarding the forest they’ve used for generations from intruders and ill...

Read More
Human Rights

How Satellites Are Being Used To Expose Human Rights Abuses

It was the satellite images showing recently disturbed ground that seemed to provide the final confirmation. There was an increasing amount of evidence to indicate that the...

Read More
Human Rights

Newly Disability Definition To Be Widened

The government is set to widen the definition of "disability" to bring the count of physically challenged persons in sync with the ground situation, heeding complaints that...

Read More
Human Rights

Poor Reintegration Leaves India's Rescued Child Workers At Risk – Researchers

India's strategy for rescuing and reintegrating child victims of labour trafficking is marred by poor coordination, a lack of accountability and inadequate resources that c...

Read More
Human Rights

Tackling Inequality As Injustice: Four Challenges For The Human Rights Agenda

Over the last three months, openGlobalRights has brought together leading practitioners from various fields to debate economic inequality from a human rights perspective. <...

Read More