Millions of people need to be confident that suitable public toilets will be available when they leave their homes. A shortage of such facilities is a serious problem for an ageing population.
Baby Lurky, whose family was displaced by Boko Haram in the northeast region of Nigeria, sleeps at a camp in Adamawa State.
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The rise in the number of people fleeing Boko Haram terror calls for urgent amendments to Nigeria’s constitution to provide legal protection to the country’s millions of internally displaced citizens.
The well-co-ordinated Irish ‘yes’ campaign literally had its members knocking on doors throughout the country.
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The ‘functional immunity’ granted to UN officials made good sense when the body was founded after World War II. But as its organisational functions have expanded, so has this immunity.
Should we act to prevent this from ever happening?
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It is exactly forty years since the Soweto uprising in June 1976 where the South African police met the students with brutal force. How much has changed in terms of policing?
Futile: the head of UNAIDS opens this year’s High-Level Meeting.
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New White House guidelines on sex discrimination have caused backlash in some states and school districts. But it won’t last, according to researcher at UMass Amherst.
Sex workers in South Africa are all potential criminals due to the country’s regressive laws. But their status may change soon, making South Africa the first African country to decriminalise sex work.
Any judicial review of government’s spending choices must contribute to transformative constitutionalism.
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South Africa’s Constitution enjoins government to act “reasonably” in ensuring that basic socioeconomic rights are progressively realised. But the government has limited resources.
The United Nations is asking countries to work towards policies that progressively achieve greater equality.
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Kerrie Sadiq, Queensland University of Technology y Megan Jones, Queensland University of Technology
Discussion about tax reform has been dominated by self-interest, with the real purpose of tax lost.
The recent arrests of nearly 1,500 protesters in Jayapura are part of a broader systematic oppression of Papuans by the Indonesian government.
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Benny Giay, Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Walter Post Jayapura
Solving the problem of West Papua in a dignified manner should involve not only Indonesian authorities but also Papuans and the international community.
We asked two academics to check the claim by Michael Gove that the EU court has been grabbing power.
A woman in Burkina Faso collects firewood. Developing nations – and particularly women in these nations – are more vulnerable to climate change, and have less ability to adapt.
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