By Yukti Panwar
There is a prominent presence of Vietnamese migrants in Cambodia due to historical reasons and demand for labour in the construction sector. For Vietnamese women who have migrated to Cambodia, the sex industry (including massage parlours and dance halls) is an important sector of employment. Many of them are irregular migrants, which, along with their profession, adds on to their increased vulnerability and makes them a tempting subject of exploitation...
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Child Marriage and Early Motherhood in Africa
By Yukti Panwar
Around 39,000 child marriages occur every day around the world. If these trends persist, approximately 150 million girls will be married off by 2030, many against their will. Nine out of the ten countries with the highest rates of child marriage are in sub-Saharan Africa...
Why Guatemala, the fastest leading economy of Latin America, struggles to control its poverty levels?
By Jai Sharma
Guatemala is home to an 18 million population with a GDP of USD 77.6 billion in 2020. It’s a Central American country south of Mexico, and is home to volcanoes, rainforests, and ancient Mayan sites...
Challenges of developmental financing in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
By Siddharth Raghavan
2021 saw the highly transmissible Delta variant of the SARS CoV-2 raise the COVID-19 death toll to nearly 5 million and ultimately halt any path to economic stability that the world was hoping for...
Trincomalee Oil Farm Deal: A New Beginning for Indo-Lankan Relations?
By Mithuna Jayadev Unnithan
The latest economic partnership in the Indian subcontinent is the Trincomalee Oil Farm deal, which was signed between India and Sri Lanka on 6 January 2022...
Disarmament – A Holistic Assessment
By Ishita Suji
Disarmament in general terms meaning reducing weapons through bilateral or multi-lateral agreements was adopted through several gradual processes in accordance with the prevalent circumstances of the times...
The Backtracking of Democracy: Tunisia and Kais Said
By Aayush Maniktalia
On a quaint afternoon in a relatively less known street of a relatively less known town in a relatively less known country, a rugged-looking young man set himself aflame...
Humanitarian Crisis in Mindanao
By Prabjot Kaur
Strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights have been the most fundamental objectives of international institutions...
Humanitarian Crisis: The plight of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Kalyani R Suresh
The Central African country, which is the 11th largest country in the world by area, has been suffering from multiple armed conflicts, epidemics, political tensions, and displacement of the population for years now...
The Syrian Crisis: The cries of anguish of Syrian women
By Kalyani R Suresh
The violent unrest in Syria is on the verge of completing 10 years of conflict. What started as resistance towards President Bashar al-Assad has already taken thousands of lives and caused widespread civil disruption...