“Further off track”: NGOs scramble to dampen COVID-19’s impact on people living with HIV
BENJAMIN RYAN and KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how those involved in the fight against HIV are battling to maintain services during the coronavirus pandemic…
Children in developing world face long-term impacts due to COVID pandemic – study
Children living in the world’s developing nations are facing long-term impacts from the coronavirus pandemic which include negative emotional and psychological symptoms and negative impacts to their education, according to a new study. The Baptist World Aid Australia study looked at the impacts of the pandemic on some 906 children and youth, aged between five and […]
Christian NGOs join in call for Rohingya refugees’ rights to be respected
Christian aid and development groups are among more than 60 which have joined in calling for the human rights of Rohingya Muslims to be respected in Myanmar and for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to participate in decision-making processes about their future – including their possible return to Myanmar’s Rakhine State. In a statement released last […]
Mexico announces end to funding for human trafficking NGOs
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Mexico will stop giving financial aid to anti-human trafficking organisations and instead run shelters and victim care directly, the President said this week, drawing criticism from activists who said the plan lacked detail. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed past corruption for the move and said it would mean more […]
MSF reports sharp rise in sexual abuse and misconduct complaints
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of complaints of sexual abuse, harassment and other unacceptable behaviour against field workers at Medecins Sans Frontieres almost doubled last year, the medical aid organisation said on Monday. MSF, which runs 43,000 field workers around the world, said it hoped the increase from 172 to 356 complaints in 2018 were […]
Charities say Malawi plans to gag critics with “draconian” law
Thomson Reuters Foundation Charities in Malawi have accused the government of trying to rush through a “draconian” law ahead of next year’s elections aimed at muzzling criticism and stifling advocacy groups. They say the proposed legislation will give the government sweeping powers to interfere with the work of non-governmental organisations in the southern African country, […]
Australia’s peak body for overseas aid NGOs issues apology to victims of sexual misconduct following report into the sector
Australia’s peak body for the aid and international development NGOs has apologised to victims and survivors of sexual misconduct perpetrated by aid workers following the release of a report which found there had been 31 substantiated claims of sexual misconduct in the sector in the past three years. The report found that there had been 76 […]
Funding fears may drive charities to hide sex abuse after Oxfam scandal, say experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Charities may be covering up cases of sexual abuse and exploitation over fears that a public backlash could hit donations, aid experts said on Monday in the wake of a sex scandal involving Oxfam, one of Britain’s biggest charities. Oxfam was under threat of losing its British government funding after a newspaper […]
Vietnam urged to release prisoners of conscience
World Watch Monitor A group of 17 NGOs has called for the release of detained bloggers and human rights activists in Vietnam, the country Amnesty said last year had the highest number of prisoners of conscience in Southeast Asia. In July, there were more than 90 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam’s jails, according to Amnesty. The letter, […]
IRAQ: CHURCHES ‘EXCLUDED’ FROM RECONSTRUCTION PLANS, SAYS REPORT
World Watch Monitor reports…