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The Unseen, Unheard & Unaccounted for Disabled Children of Pakistan
Kulsoom Rizvi visited the Hassan Academy in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, which provides inclusive education for both disabled and non-disabled children....
Skateistan - bringing a whole new level of radical to Afghan Girls
May 2013: By Shireen Ahmed - "This is an incredibly successful program that has empowered many children in Afghanistan - amid political instability, civil unrest and drone attacks..."
Made in Bangladesh, Not in Bangladeshi Blood
May 2013: By Anushay Hossain - "Ultimately, the responsibility, with outside help and pressure, must come from Bangladesh because only we the people can bring about genuine, real change..."
Sri Lanka – “When sleeping women wake, mountains move"
April 2013: While visiting a north-western province in Sri Lanka, I had the chance of observing a community development initiative that focused on women’s empowerment...
A devastating fire displaces an already displaced population
A little over two weeks after my visit.. a devastating fire swept through the camp, killing 37 people, destroying more than 400 houses and leaving 2,300 people homeless.
I found out that two young men who were so enthusiastically practising their dance moves the March afternoon I visited died in the fire....
Karenni Refugee Camp: Before the Fire
Filmed two weeks before a devastating fire swept through a Karenni refugee camp in Thailand, Reuters reporter, Thin Lei Win documented the work of two refugee women.
Heartbreak and Heroes: Fire at Karenni Refugee Camp, Thailand
'People were shouting to Tar Soe Soe and telling him to stop, that the fire is already too big, but he was very determined to go back and save more children...'
Fire in Karenni Refugee Camp: Fatalities, Burns & Thousands Homeless
WEAVE together with other NGO's in Mae Hong Son, local Karenni refugee leadership and UNCHR had the emergency coordination meeting
The Murder of Perveen Rehman - Statement by Asian Human Rights Commission
March 2013: 'Ms. Rehman was a tireless social activist.... Until such time as the governments of Sindh and of the country make a stand... Pakistan will remain a country suffering from the worst type of insanity...'
Photoblog: The challenges of everyday life for refugee women and children in Thailand
This small bamboo nursery school with its colourful, hand-drawn teaching materials is for three to five-year-olds. The children’s parents built it....
Profits from livelihood projects set up with the help of WEAVE help to fund the project.
Women's Day: Kabul Girls' Boxing Team Refused Entry to UK
March 2013: Email from East London Fawcett Society - "The three [women] boxers on their way to the UK for Saturday's event 'Fighting for Freedom Afghanistan v UK' have been refused entry... This is event is now cancelled."
Afghan Women Call for Solidarity - Women's Day 2013
March 2013: By Noorjahan Akbar - "Women’s Political Participation Committee, All Afghan Women Union, and Development and Support of Afghan Women and Children Organization, united in organizing a gathering...."