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Analysis: The plight of LGBTI asylum seekers, refugees
7 May 2013
(IRIN
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Refugees and asylum seekers face a host of challenges when crossing borders, but the obstacles are particularly pronounced for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) persons, say experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97989/Analysis-The-plight-of-LGBTI-asylum-seekers-refugees
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Behaviour change needed to combat malnutrition in Nepal
1 May 2013
(IRIN
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More work is needed to improve nutritional behaviour in Nepal, where nearly half of children under five are chronically malnourished, experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97949/Behaviour-change-needed-to-combat-malnutrition-in-Nepal
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Imagining a major quake in Kathmandu
26 April 2013
(IRIN
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It is the nightmare scenario aid workers and government officials have long feared: a massive earthquake striking Nepal’s densely populated Kathmandu Valley, with tens of thousands feared dead.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97925/Imagining-a-major-quake-in-Kathmandu
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Nepal to boost search-and-rescue capabilities
11 April 2013
(IRIN
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Experts have long predicted widespread devastation and death should a large earthquake hit Nepal, a country with vulnerable infrastructure and ill-equipped urban search-and-rescue teams. In an effort to prepare for such an event, officials have created a strategy to boost emergency responders’ skills.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97831/Nepal-to-boost-search-and-rescue-capabilities
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Nepal turns to renewable energy
5 April 2013
(IRIN
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Nepal’s recently adopted policy of subsidizing renewable energy is the latest of many attempts to electrify long-deprived areas, but much more is needed, say experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97789/Nepal-turns-to-renewable-energy
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Earthquake-proofing Nepal's at-risk airport
2 April 2013
(IRIN
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If an earthquake the magnitude of Haiti’s 2010 quake were to strike Nepal’s capital area, the country’s only international airport would be crippled, with no backup plan for receiving essential relief. But now, in response to long-standing predictions of such a catastrophe, the government has endorsed an earthquake preparedness plan for Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA); the plan is set to become public in one month.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97766/Earthquake-proofing-Nepal-s-at-risk-airport
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Analysis: Rethinking food insecurity in Nepal’s Karnali region
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Development assistance on its own will not resolve chronic levels of food insecurity in Nepal’s western Karnali Zone, described by many as a “silent emergency”. Rather, a more measured and integrated approach is required in some areas, including relief, say experts and government officials.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97693/Analysis-Rethinking-food-insecurity-in-Nepal-s-Karnali-region
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Analysis: Nepal’s maternal mortality decline paradox
18 March 2013
(IRIN
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While health experts applaud Nepal’s declining maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in recent years, they say this gain is unsustainable if the country does not address its lack of qualified health staff, especially midwives, to keep women in childbirth alive.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97667/Analysis-Nepal-s-maternal-mortality-decline-paradox
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Kathmandu road scheme, demolitions heighten seismic risk
1 March 2013
(IRIN
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A large-scale road-widening project across Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu, one of the most seismically active cities in the world, has placed hundreds more buildings at risk of collapse in the event of an earthquake, experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97568/Kathmandu-road-scheme-demolitions-heighten-seismic-risk
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Analysis: Politicians, donors question donor neutrality in Nepal
26 February 2013
(IRIN
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Dissent in Nepal over the role of ethnicity in a post-conflict state has put donor agencies under increased scrutiny, with politicians and analysts accusing them of meddling, taking sides and circumventing the government to push an agenda of “social cohesion”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97551/Analysis-Politicians-donors-question-donor-neutrality-in-Nepal
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Lack of “lube” hurts HIV prevention
21 February 2013
(IRIN
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Safer-sex messaging on condoms is universal but the generally poor availability of lubricants, and awareness of them, is hindering HIV prevention, health activists warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97517/Lack-of-lube-hurts-HIV-prevention
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Analysis: Girl child soldiers face new battles in civilian life
12 February 2013
(IRIN
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Girl child soldiers are often thought of only as “sex slaves”, a term that glosses over the complex roles many play within armed groups and in some national armies. This thinking contributes to their subsequent invisibility in the demobilization processes - in fact, girls are frequently the most challenging child soldiers to rehabilitate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97463/Analysis-Girl-child-soldiers-face-new-battles-in-civilian-life
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Why civil registration matters in Asia
1 February 2013
(IRIN
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Stronger civil registration systems are needed in Asia, home to 60 percent of the world’s population, to ensure the legal and human rights of all, and facilitate health planning, experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97389/Why-civil-registration-matters-in-Asia
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Analysis: The trouble with Nepal’s agriculture
23 January 2013
(IRIN
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Agriculture in Nepal suffers from years of under-investment, limited research, and scant inputs, technology and services for farmers. Unless things change, Nepal may fall into deeper food insecurity and poverty, say analysts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97321/Analysis-The-trouble-with-Nepal-s-agriculture
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Tracking dollars to fight diarrhoea in Nepal
3 January 2013
(IRIN
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Insufficient, fragmented and misdirected investment in the water and sanitation sector has hindered the fight against diarrhoea, leaving it one of Nepal’s leading child killers despite hundreds of millions of dollars having been invested, say practitioners.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97164/Tracking-dollars-to-fight-diarrhoea-in-Nepal
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Urban water woes
2 January 2013
(IRIN
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In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare (population 3,000,000), a man relieves himself in the dirt next to his tin shack, holding his nose to ward off the stench of a nearby overflowing latrine. In Ramallah (population 300,000) in the occupied Palestinian territory a 14-year-old girl wakes with menstrual cramps - and skips class because her school lacks a washroom where she can clean herself in private. In Bangladesh’s mega-capital (population 12 million), a monsoon-season flash flood leaves thousands with cholera.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97161/Urban-water-woes
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Analysis: Five reasons malnutrition still kills in Nepal
14 December 2012
(IRIN
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The number of children in Nepal with acute malnutrition hovers near emergency levels, something that has not changed even after 15 years of efforts and millions of dollars invested, say local and international nutrition experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97046/Analysis-Five-reasons-malnutrition-still-kills-in-Nepal
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BANGLADESH-KENYA: Our Lives - A survivors' guide to hard times
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Price Watch (Our lives)
http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/96695/98/BANGLADESH-KENYA-Our-Lives-A-survivors-guide-to-hard-times
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NEPAL: Kumari Magar – Maid, Nepal
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Kumari Magar, 30, earns US$90 a month cleaning houses in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu - barely enough to live on. She stays with her brother and sister, having moved from Dolalghat village, 100km northeast of Kathmandu, six years ago to escape the hard life of a subsistence farmer.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96868/NEPAL-Kumari-Magar-Maid-Nepal
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NEPAL: Manbahadur Tamang – Farmer, Nepal
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Manbahadur Tamang’s family of six are subsistence farmers in Kolpata village, Sindupalchok District, 150km southeast of the Nepali capital Kathmandu. They lost this year’s entire maize crop to heavy monsoon rains in June, and now, for the first time ever, family members have been forced to look for work as day labourers. Two teenage sons have had to drop out of school.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96871/NEPAL-Manbahadur-Tamang-Farmer-Nepal
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