Tag: pandemic
Survey says Filipino women bear brunt of unpaid care work at...
Women spent up to 13 hours a day on unpaid care work compared to only eight hours for men, survey results show
Number of people forced to flee homes has risen amid pandemic,...
Nearly 70% of those affected are from just five countries — Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar
10 years on, domestic workers still fight for protection of rights
The COVID-19 pandemic affected more than 60 million domestic workers in the informal economy
Chickens, cows, apartments offered up in Asia’s vaccination lucky draws
As more transmissible variants of the virus have driven a surge in cases, authorities have started lucky draws for vaccinations
Pope Francis again calls on world leaders to ‘convert death into...
Pope Francis said rebuilding after the pandemic is an opportunity to confront the failures of the past
Philippines prolongs COVID-19 curbs in capital, more areas under strict quarantine
More areas are placed under tighter quarantine measures because of rising infections and high hospital occupancy
Caritas Internationalis calls on G7 for debt relief to address pandemic,...
Caritas Internationalis said the G7 agenda “could not possibly succeed without canceling the debt of poor countries”
Changes to traditional celebration of Peñafrancia festival remain due to pandemic
This will be the second year that the celebration will be held without the traditional religious activities due to the pandemic
Face masks add to sea pollution at popular Philippines dive site
Regular visitors and locals have reported a rise in the number of face masks and PPE shields being collected from the seabed
COVID-19 far more widespread in Indonesia than official data show —...
Seroprevalence studies in other countries — including India — have also revealed more widespread infections
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