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[Image: Four Times Rejected: Stateless Lotshampa Refugees Appeal to Nepal’s Supreme Court] JHAPA, Nepal,

Four Times Rejected: Stateless Lotshampa Refugees Appeal to Nepal’s Supreme Court

Four Bhutanese Lotshampa refugees—Aasis Subedi, Santosh Darji, Roshan Tamang, and Ashok Gurung—filed an appeal in Nepal’s Supreme Court on July 27, challenging a government order that would deport them from Nepal.

Diwash Gahatraj | Migration & Refugees | Asia-Pacific

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Why Locally Led Development Works and How Funders Can Get It Right

In Uganda, local communities are routinely sidelined in development processes, despite knowing most about their own needs. When a Moroto District officer remarked, ‘This is the first time local leaders were truly heard’, it offered a powerful reminder of what so often goes wrong: development fails when communities are excluded.

Naomi Ayot Oyaro and Tais Siqueira | Africa

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Marital Rape: Confronting Religious Misinterpretations, Social Stigma, Despite Legal Clarity

“The last thing she asked for was a sip of water,” recalled Najma Maheshwari, referring to 19-year-old Shanti, a newlywed who died last week after brutal sexual violence allegedly inflicted by her husband, who is now in custody.

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