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      Justice Demanded After Qatari World Cup Official Admits Hundreds of Migrant Worker Deaths

      "Until all abuses suffered by migrant workers in Qatar are remedied, the legacy of this World Cup will be severely tarnished by their mistreatment," said Amnesty International's head of economic and social justice.

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 29, 2022

      An Amnesty International campaigner on Tuesday led calls for "truth, justice, and compensation" after Qatar's World Cup chief admitted that hundreds of migrant workers died during the construction of projects related to the FIFA tournament.

      "Without full investigations the true scale of lives lost can never be known."

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      Barbados PM Condemns Lack of 'Simple Political Will' to Deliver Climate Action

      "We have the collective capacity to transform," Prime Minister Mia Mottley said. "We're in the country that built pyramids."

      Julia Conley
      Nov 07, 2022

      Addressing international leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt at the 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties, the annual global summit on the climate crisis, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday said that only "political will" stands in the way of ending fossil fuel emissions and mitigating the resulting extreme weather, melting glaciers, and other impacts felt disproportionately by the Global South.

      "We have the collective capacity to transform," Mottley said. "We're in the country that built pyramids. We know what it is to remove slavery form our civilization. We know what it is to be able to find a vaccine within two years when a pandemic hits us. We know what it is to put a man on the moon and now we put a rover on Mars."

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      Deep-Rooted Gender Inequities Make Women More Vulnerable During Climate Disasters

      Women continue to pay the price even in disaster situations.

      Nabila Feroz
      Oct 06, 2022

      In recent years, the awful repercussions of climate change have become irrefutable and very alarming. Due to which Pakistan is facing a dire humanitarian crisis stemming from unprecedented rainfall and catastrophic floods that have impacted every part of the country. The statistics are staggering: over 1,100 dead, more than 33 million displaced and caused over $10 billion in damages. Officials estimate that this monsoon season has left one-third of the country underwater, one in seven Pakistani people have been affected by the momentous flooding.

      Women in developing countries such as Pakistan are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate disasters due to deep-rooted gender inequities that define the moral and social fabric of their societies.

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