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ASIA
Vaccine aide gunned down in Pakistan Salmon Masgood New York Times December 28, 2013 See more health and nutrition stories
North Korea: Malnutrition persists Associated Press New York Times November 28,
2013
When Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, people in Basey, Samar Island, went to the Arc of Archangel Saint Michael Church for refuge. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev/New York Times
Challenge for the government: 4 million are displaced, and hunger grows Austin Ramzey New York Times November 18, 2013
Powerful yphoon causes devastation in Philippines: A deadly storm left the seaside city of Tacloban in ruins. Photo: Dennis M. Sabangan/European Pressphoto Agency
Philippine typhoon death toll feared in thousands Floyd Whaley New York Times November 9, 2013
As US withdraws from Afghanistan, poppy trade it spent billions fighting still flourishes Ernesto Londońo Washington Post November 3, 2013 After troops leave, US to lose access to Afghan reconstruction projects worth billions Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Scott Higham Washington Post October 26, 2013 See more on development aid
CITY LIFE Meena, a student in Rohtak, warns young women that moving to a city does not keep people back in the village from scrutinizing their actions. “I tell them, we have to be careful,” she said. Photo: Kuni Takahashi/New York Times
Policing village moral codes as women stream to India’s cities Ellen Barry New York Times October 19, 2013
Activists have called for the exclusion of Cambodian sugar from duty-free treatment in Europe, saying that it triggers corporate land grabs. Above, a worker harvesting sugar at a Phnom Penh Sugar plantation. Photo: Thomas Cristofoletti/New York Times
Sugar industry highlights conflicts over trade policy and land Keith Bradsher New York Times September 30, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger Consider supporting the Oakland Institute's work in combating forced evictions and corporate land grabs in developing countries.
Women, bought and sold in Nepal Katie Orlinsky New York Times August 31, 2013
Pakistan’s Musharraf charged in Bhutto killing Zarar Khan Washington Post August 20, 2013
India likely to approve program guaranteeing 800 million a right to food, but doubts persist Annie Gowen Washington Post August 18, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Food as a Human Right
In Afghanistan, a second Guantanamo Kevin Seiff Washington Post August 4, 2013
CIA closing clandestine bases in Afghanistan, marking the start of a drawdown from a region that transformed the agency from an intelligence service struggling to emerge from the Cold War to a counterterrorism force with its own prisons, paramilitary teams and armed Predator drones Greg Miller Washington Post July 24, 2013
In a recent UN speech, Malala urged education for all, including "for the sons and daughters of the Taliban" Photo: PA
Malala Yousafzai speaks defiantly in support of education for girls around the world Anup Kaphle Washington Post July 12, 2013 Senior Pakistani Taliban leader 'shocked' by Malala attack BBC News July 17, 2013 Siege by Taliban strains Pakistani girls’ schools Taha Siddiqui and Declan Walsh New York Times July 11, 2013 For Pakistani girls, just going to class is a risk (slideshow) Diego Ibarra Sanchez New York Times July 11, 2013
Indian child eating. The Indian government recently promulgated the National Food Security Ordinance 2013. The ordinance effectively activates the bill, but it must be ratified by Parliament within six weeks of its first sitting or else the bill will lapse. This bill, and other programs, are efforts to establish economic human rights for Indian citizens, an important development. Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press
India undergoing silent rights revolution as laws guarantee social services Rama Lakshmi Washington Post July 16, 2013 Ahead of elections, India's cabinet establishes food security program that grants the right to food Jim Yardley New York Times July 4, 2013 The food security debate in India (opinion) Jean Dreze New York Times July 9, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Food as a Human Right
A predator drone at a US base in Arizona. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images
US drone strikes more deadly to Afghan civilians than manned aircraft, adviser says. Study focusing on one year of conflict contradicts claims that robotic planes are more precise than manned counterparts. Spencer Ackerman The Guardian July 2, 2013 See more on military aid and involvement
US suspends Bangladesh’s trade privileges due to labor concerns Katerina Sokou and Howard Schneider Washington Post June 27, 2013 Cheap, trendy ‘fast fashion’ in demand, despite factory dangers Cara Kelly Washington Post June 28, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger
In New Delhi, a help line for women is flooded with calls Rama Lakshmi Washington Post June 21, 2013 Violence against women worldwide is epidemic. More than one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence, WHO says. BBC News June 20, 2013
Maternal health in India: Where we are today Aparajita Gogoi and Renuka Motihar Huff Post June 6, 2013 See more health and nutrition stories
Needing pork, China is to buy a US supplier, Smithfield Foods Michael J de la Merced and David Barboza New York Times May 29, 2013
Rescue workers search for surviors of Bangladesh building collapse that killed at least 1119. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
US unions press to end special trade status for Bangladesh Ian Urbina New York Times May 30, 2013 ILO, World Bank demand labor changes in Bangladesh Howard Schneider Washington Post May 18, 2013 Standards clash in Bangladesh reforms Christina Passariello, Shelly Banjo and Gordon Fairclough Wall Street Journal May 16, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report Trade and Hunger
China's prostitutes routinely extorted, abused by police, report says William Wan Washington Post May 13, 2013
In Timbuktu, conflict shatters a city's soul Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post May 12, 2013
Some retailers rethink role in Bangladesh Steven Greenhouse New York Times May 1, 2013 Death toll rises in Bangladesh building collapse Julfikar Ali Manik, Steven Greenhouse and Jim Yardley New York Times April 25, 2013
A slum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Wide dissatisfaction has followed the boom of the 1990s. Photo: Justin Mott/International Herald Tribune
In hard times, open dissent and repression rise in Vietnam Thomas Fuller New York Times April 23, 2013
China cracks down on anti-corruption activists Andrew Jacobs New York Times April 21, 2013
Here's how lousy life is in North Korea Rick Newman US News and World Report April 12, 2012
Indian residents in a district facing a drinking water shortage wait with plastic pots at a community tube well to collect drinking water in Bangalore on October 8, 2012. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
India states fight over river usage Shyamantha Asokan Washington Post April 3, 2013
Rethinking food insecurity in Nepal’s Karnali region IRIN News March 21, 2013
An Indian vegetable vendor, an SKS Microfinance loan recipient, manages her stall in a village near the city of Ahmedabad. Microsavings programs are bringing the benefits of thrift even to the poorest of the poor. Photo: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images
Microsavings programs build wealth, pennies at a time Ylan Q Mui Washington Post March 15, 2013
Veteran Burmese activist Win Tin says democracy icon Suu Kyi is too conciliatory toward the military Simon Denyer Washington Post March 13, 2013A flurry of fires in Bangladesh raise concerns over garment-worker safety Jason Motlagh Washington Post March 1, 2013
Clashes over land seizures batter the police in Myanmar Thomas Fuller New York Times February 28, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report on trade and hunger
Farm workers remove weeds from young plants at the palm oil plantation owned by Karuturi Global, near the town of Bako, in Ethiopia. Photograph: Jose Cendon/Getty Images
Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land. Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent. John Vidal The Guardian February 6, 2013 See report See Hunger Notes special report on trade and hunger
The right to food in Bangladesh IRIN News January 22, 2013 See Hunger Notes special report The right to food is a basic human right
A candlelight gathering after the cremation on Sunday blocked a road in New Delhi, the city where the Dec. 16 rape occurred. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Indian women march: "That girl could have been any one of us" Heather Timmons and Sruthi Gottipati New York Times December 28, 2012 Woman dies after gang rape that galvanized India Heather Timmons and Sruthi Gottipati New York Times December 28, 2012 Dangers on the streets of India, shape lives, stifle dreams of country’s young women Associated Press Washington Post December 20, 2012
Indian schoochildren receive a free midday meal at a government school in Jammau. Photo: Washington Post
India wakes up to child malnutrition ‘shame,’ begins to make progress Simon Denyer Washington Post December 26, 2012 See other health and nutrition stories
Children of China’s ‘Immortals’ are new capitalist elite Bloomberg News Washington Post December 26 2012
Pakistan polio drive suspended after 8 health workers killed by extremists (video) BBC News December 19, 2012 Getting polio campaigns back on track (analysis) Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times December 24, 2012 See other health and nutrition stories
Opposition to labor camps widens in China Andrew Jacobs New York Times December 14, 2012
Five reasons malnutrition still kills in Nepal IRIN News December 14, 2012 See more nutrtition stories
