Amplify survivors’ voices to end global scourge of sexual violence, world leaders told
Oslo, NorwayThomson Reuters Foundation From Congo to Ukraine, efforts to end sexual violence in conflict and humanitarian crises will fail unless they empower survivors to speak up, victims of rape and abuse said on Friday. Sexual and physical violence disproportionately affects women and girls, with one in three experiencing it in their lifetime, according to […]
Drones, data and digital tools lauded as new ways to fight human rights abuses
Thomson Reuters Foundation From “citizen science” identifying slavery to drones mapping degraded land, technology and data can help create a “search bar for the planet” and detect and fight all manner of human rights abuses, experts told a conference last week. Geospatial data and satellite images give analysts and authorities news ways to tackle issues […]
New research highlights most “under-reported” humanitarian crises in 2016
Food crises in Eritrea and North Korea, ongoing fighting in the Lake Chad Basin nations of Chad, Cameroon and Niger, and floods in Bangladesh were among the most under-reported humanitarian crises in 2016, according to aid organisation CARE International. The top 10 list also includes food crises in Madagascar and Papua New Guinea as well […]