| SRI LANKA: Former Tiger fighters battle for a normal life |
 | BATTICALOA، 28/5/2012 (IRIN) - Three years after Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war ended, thousands of former fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) face an uphill battle in re-establishing themselves, despite government efforts to rehabilitate them. full report |
| PHILIPPINES: Steep rise in gender-based violence |
 | MANILA، 30/5/2012 (IRIN) - Authorities in the Philippines are reporting a sharp uptick in the number of gender-based violence cases over the last five years. The World Health Organization described the level of sexual violence in the Philippines as “a serious cause of concern”. full report |
| NEPAL: Political impasse deepens economic uncertainty |
 | KATHMANDU، 30/5/2012 (IRIN) - Most Nepalese face an uncertain economic future and the possibility of political unrest after Nepal’s Constituent Assembly (CA) failed to agree on a new constitution on 27 May. full report |
| HEALTH: Zinc improves infant infectious treatment |
 | BANGKOK، 31/5/2012 (IRIN) - In a newly released clinical study conducted in India, hundreds of seriously ill infants who received zinc - an essential micronutrient for the immune system and human growth - as well as antibiotics, responded better and more quickly to treatment than those who did not. This finding is the first proof that zinc supplements may boost infant survival from infections. full report |
| Analysis: A faith-based aid revolution in the Muslim world? |
 | DUBAI، 1/6/2012 (IRIN) - Every year, somewhere between US$200 billion and $1 trillion are spent in “mandatory” alms and voluntary charity across the Muslim world, Islamic financial analysts estimate. full report |
| AID POLICY: Making Muslim aid more effective |
 | DUBAI، 1/6/2012 (IRIN) - Between the foreign aid of oil-rich Gulf States and the billions of dollars spent by Muslims in “mandatory” alms and charity every year, the Muslim world is by all accounts a huge reservoir of potential in the world of aid funding. full report |
| HEALTH: Fighting non-communicable diseases |
 | BANGKOK، 1/6/2012 (IRIN) - The World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), aims to reduce preventable deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart attacks and strokes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, by 25 percent by 2025. full report |