ASIA

Indonesia: breakthrough on gender-based violence

Long-term civil society advocacy pays off with passing of law against forced marriage and sexual abuse

‘We have achieved a historic labour rights win for female Dalit workers’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

India: horror heatwaves bring civil society response

Civil society is helping people cope – but also calling for climate action

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Muslim girls are being forced to choose between education and the hijab’

Hong Kong: another step closer to China

Hard-line pro-Beijing security chief takes power in a walkover election

‘An effective civil society is essential for advancing human rights’

India: hijab row the latest show of Hindu nationalism

Right-wing populist politicians target Muslim women to inflame divisions and win elections

Civil society campaigning achieves forced labour victory in Uzbekistan

Seventeen years of advocacy and activism leads to the end of state-imposed forced and child labour in country’s cotton industry

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘The hijab ban is just another tool used by right-wing politicians to remain in power’

‘Our fight for accountability has become a thousand times harder under the Taliban’