Category Disability
IPB/METO/IPPNW October 11, 2023 by IPPNW The International Peace Bureau (IPB), Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are deeply concerned over the unprecedented Israeli-Palestinian violent escalation launched in the morning of… Continue Reading →
SANSKRITA BHARADWAJ 28 Jun 2023 12 min read For a poem she posted on Facebook in 2022, Assam teen Barshashree Buragohain was arrested and jailed for two months under India’s draconian anti-terror law, widely used against protestors or dissidents, with… Continue Reading →
Similar fate awaits the manufacturers of asbestos based products in India Will Yale University rescind the honorary degree given to Stephan Schmidheiny and will winners of Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize return their prizes now? June 9, 2023 The fate of Stephan Schmidheiny, a… Continue Reading →
Posted On April 23, 2023 A few days ago, we had introduced you to such a personality related to the making of the constitution, whom the father of the constitution, ‘Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’ used to describe better than himself. And… Continue Reading →
It’s about planting doubt in your head and making you question your own reality. GTby Gina Tonic23 February 2023, It’s 8.30PM, you’re at your mate’s house hungover as sin and she’s trying to convince you that you’d rather eat a… Continue Reading →
, A major operation to drive out illegal miners from indigenous land is under way in Brazil. Government officials burned a plane and seized boats, weapons and petrol used by the miners in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest,… Continue Reading →
Magda C. Rogg & Carla Pezzia Journal of Family Violence (2023)Cite this article Abstract Purpose There is currently scant research exploring Indigenous Guatemalan women’s experiences of gender-based violence and mental health outcomes, but existing research suggests further exploration in this… Continue Reading →
Al Jazeera Report accuses illegal miners of committing rape, other acts of violence in Indigenous communities in Brazilian Amazon. Illegal gold mining surged by a record amount last year on Brazil’s biggest Indigenous reservation, according to a new report that… Continue Reading →
The concept of “poverty” as a major obstacle for disabled people isn’t a new notion, according to the 2011 World Report on Disability, 15% of the world’s population has some sort of disability, with 80% of the projected 1 billion… Continue Reading →
The 2016 National Mental Health Survey found that 70-80% of people with mental illness received no treatment. Dr Soumitra Pathare The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of mental health issues in our communities. A global study… Continue Reading →