Pakistani Christians, who make up about 2% of the population but around 75-80% of sanitation workers, have been on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus. They worked with minimal and inadequate protection, delivering more than their work required (such as providing food) and were kept...
28 May 2020
The Peruvian government led by President Martin Vizcarra has been praised for their response to Covid-19. A strict lockdown under martial law was swiftly enacted in March and will continue till the end of June, making it one of the longest enforced quarantine periods globally. Despite these...
27 May 2020
On any given day, 300 million people around the world will be menstruating. This normal and natural biological process is a fact of – and fundamental to – life. Everyone who menstruates, including girls, women and non-binary people, has the right to a supportive environment in which to...
27 May 2020
26 May 2020
26 May 2020
Covid-19 continues to spread across Africa. An ICNL Tracker shows no fewer than 102 measures in 45 African countries – laws, regulations, executive orders - to combat the spread of the disease. Along with 37 other African countries, Ethiopia declared a state of emergency. This followed the...
22 May 2020
The Covid-19 lockdown and the associated social restrictions have exacerbated the dire situation of Muslims and Christian Dalits in India. The pandemic has added new strains to the existing challenges faced by minorities in India, however, it did not create them. Over the past year,...
21 May 2020
Differences are emerging in the way people develop Covid-19 – whether by age, underlying health, geography or socio-economic factors, people are not experiencing the pandemic equally. Although women and men appear to have an equal chance of contracting Covid-19, globally, in almost every...
21 May 2020
I have just returned home after a health-related immersion of over 10 weeks as a patient and participant-observer in an NHS hospital and then in a private sector care home. Quite an experience. A few reflections. Unlike most immersions this one was not vulnerable to distortion by special...
20 May 2020
Soon after African countries imposed lockdowns in attempts to contain the spread of Covid-19, news reports came out that showed populations feared hunger more than the virus itself. Yet, at the same time in Zimbabwe, the government made use of the opportunity to push through reforms of informal...
20 May 2020
19 May 2020
“…evaluation tells us what works and what does not in a project or policy”. This simple description from the UK Evaluation Society (UKES) makes clear the absolutely vital role that evaluators globally have to play in assessing the impact, for example, of public and private investments on...
19 May 2020
