Essay: Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while living in poverty
Scholar of world religions, MYRIAM RENAUD, says – in an article first piublished on The Conversation – since the creation of the nation of Pakistan 76 years ago, the lives of Christians there have grown “ever more difficult”…
Essay: India’s coronavirus pandemic shines a light on the curse of caste
In an article first published on The Conversation, SUMIT GANGULY, of Indiana University, says he’s not surprised that India’s Dalits are among those worst affected by the coronavirus crisis in India given the caste system which still operates in the nation…
Custom, caste system deny land rights to Asian women, Indigenous people
Udaipur, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Women, lower-caste and Indigenous people across Asia are failing to benefit from land reform laws because of custom and deep-rooted social biases, land rights activists said on Wednesday. Globally, Indigenous communities have legal rights to only 10 per cent of land, according to Washington, DC-based advocacy group Rights and Resources Initiative. […]