«Ferghana Fantasy» a collection inspired by Uzbekistan
Ritu Beri is the Cultural Ambassador of Uzbekistan in India
Culture & Society
‘Mismatch’ between government aid and places modern slavery exists: New UN data tool
A new interactive data tool created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research, which shows a mismatch between where modern slavery occurs, and where governments are spending resources to address it, could help make a positive impact on policy debates surrounding the issue.
Photo: ILO/A.Khemka
Cambodia urged to boost funding for ‘bride trafficking’ pacts
Tens of thousands of Southeast Asian women have been lured to China by criminal networks promising lucrative jobs, only to be sold as brides
Photo: Clothilde Le Coz/IRIN
Forgotten victims: The children of Islamic State
Betrayed by the parents who took them to a war zone, groomed from the age of four in the militants’ poisonous ideology and, in many instances, abandoned by the countries they came from
Photo: Reuters Archive/Ari Jalal
UNESCO #WIKI4WOMEN WORLD CONTRIBUTORY MOVEMENT INVISIBLE, NO MORE
#WIKI4WOMEN is an initiative led by UNESCO and Wikimedia
Women’s Day Special: Women and the Iranian Revolution: A Historical Perspective
Women’s movement in Iran cannot be understood without tying it to people’s nationalist, democratic, and anti-imperialist struggles
Photo: Courtesy Khamenei.ir
Who owns the fight for LGBT+ rights in the Arab world?
Luxembourg’s prime minister’s called out homophobia in the Arab world at the Arab League-EU summit
LGBT+ relationships are illegal across most of the Middle East and North Africa
Indology in Russia: Then and Now: A Conversation with Indologist Svetlana Ryzhakova
Svetlana Ryzhakova is no newcomer to India. An ethnographer and a cultural anthropologist, she is a leading research fellow at the Centre of Asian and Pacific Studies in the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Fluently speaking English and other languages, she is one of the foremost Indologists in Russia today. Proficient in Kathak, she also runs an Indian Anthropological Cinema club for the Indian Embassy in Moscow. A frequent visitor to India, on her current trip to the country she spoke to International Affairs Review about the state of Indian studies in Russia today:
Over 67,000 babies will be born in India in 2020 on New Year’s Day: UNICEF
In not too good news India will be topping the list of the number of babies born on New Year’s Day, 2020. UNICEF is calling for world leaders and nations to invest in health workers with the know-how and equipment to save every newborn