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Supporting returning domestic workers

Supporting returning domestic workers Some 6.5 million Indonesians work overseas and many of them are female domestic workers. As the Indonesian government increases efforts to ensure their nationals have protection before, during and after they leave the country for employment, the Indonesian Red Cross Society has recently started to provide support to female domestic workers [...]

Flash floods leave families stranded in Pakistan

In Pakistan, monsoon rains coupled with outbursts from glacial lakes have so far claimed 219 lives and affected about 1.5 million people.

Preventing death with data

How data are helping people in a fractured country avoid the death sentence imposed when life-saving malaria drugs are not available.