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The Dalits in Dhaka: where the society has doubled their marginalization
15 years ago for the first time, I was interested in investigating the life of Dalits of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Although the city gets neat and clean and tidy by this community, very few city dwellers have a broad and…
EcoWaste Coalition’s Plea: Make Halloween Plastic- and Toxics-Free
23 October 2023, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, a non-government organization (NGO) working for a zero waste and toxics-free society, appealed to organizers of trick-or-treat events to make Halloween a healthy and safe experience for children, as well as the…
BAN Toxics joins the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action to End Childhood Lead Poisoning in PH
“Approximately half of the Philippines’ 40 million children in 2021 have blood lead levels exceeding the 5 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL) standard set by the World Health Organization, according to estimates by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, a…
Hindus in Myanmar Celebrate Durga Puja
Thousands of Hindu families in Buddhist-majority Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) have also organized the Sharadotsav (autumn festival) to worship Mother Goddess Durga with limited resources. The Sanatani Hindu people in Rakhine/Arakan State in western Myanmar bordering Bangladesh…
We Need to Disarm the Discourse on China
From racist tweets to rising hate crimes, the media’s anti-China propaganda has created a climate of aggression. Two weeks ago, a man drove a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, yelling “Where’s the CCP?” Arab Americans have been…
Despite Progress Made, Study Finds Some Leaded Paints Still Sold in the Philippine Market
EcoWaste Coalition and IPEN Push for Improved Compliance Monitoring and Other Measures to Advance Lead Paint Ban 21 October 2023. Despite the notable progress in banning lead in paint manufacturing, a new study found lead in some solvent-based decorative and…
Bharat Mata Pujan Kick Starts in Guwahati
Five-day festival to Celebrate the Legacy, Culture, and Traditions of the Land Guwahati: Bharat Mata Pujan 2023, organized with the aim to celebrate the legacy, culture, and traditions of the great land, kick starts on Thursday (1 Kati of 1430…
A “Human Chain” Calls to Stop Reclamation and Save Manila Bay
What was once the nature-rich, 190-kilometer (118 miles) Manila Bay coastline famous for its beautiful sunset, straddling the highly populous capital region of Metro Manila and several provincial regions, is facing severe environmental degradation called reclamation. These reclamation projects pose…
EcoWaste Coalition Campaigns for Clean and Eco-Friendly Elections
17 October 2023, Manila City/Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, an advocacy group for a zero waste and toxics-free society, made a last-ditch appeal to candidates running for elective Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan posts to think of Mother Earth as they…
The 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum in South Korea: ‘Human Rights Cities Responding to Poverty and Inequalities’
October 4-7, 2023. The South Korean city of Gwangju hosted the 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum (a live and online forum) at Kimdaejung Convention Centre. This year, the theme was ‘Human Rights Cities Responding to Poverty and Inequalities’, which…
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