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The Yanomami, indigenous peoples living in the Amazon rainforest in Brasil, are protesting a draft mining law that may force them to expose their protected indigenous lands to international mining companies. Find out their concerns and their ways of making their objections heard.

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The aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami remains visible in Sri Lanka as reconstruction is taking more time than expected, bringing prolonged suffering to women and children. Conflict and unequal aid distribution are the primary causes. Find out what hardships women and children face amidst the sluggish rehabilitation process in the country.

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Thousands of victims of pesticide poisoning in Nicaragua are demanding medical and financial aid, which the government has failed to provide. Multinational companies that use the pesticides Nemagon and Fumazone are also being sued for billion of dollars in reparation for the damages.

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Six years after its launch, more than 90 civil society organisations from both developed and developing countries across the globe are now urging their respective trade minister to declare the Doha Development Round “dead.”

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Anti-free trade agreement (FTA) activists were arrested and hurt by the police during a rally at the venue of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Manila, Philippines.  Protesters claim that the FTA only advances the interests of corporations at the expense of the people’s needs.

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Two years after the adoption of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness that set out new aid modalities, questions on how to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment in the promotion of development remain at the forefront of discussions and debates.