Sex Workers in Bangladesh: Tales of Destitution amidst the Pandemic
The structural violence and stigma faced by sex workers in normal times itself, is humongous, and this multiplies in the crises that have been created by…
NIICE · 15 May 2020
Category: Disaster Management
Building Community Trust amidst COVID-19: Role of Cultural Interpreters
Nature is giving us another chance so let us avoid the trap of intellectual-sounding ideas and focus on more fundamental and granular aspects - the most…
NIICE · 4 May 2020
COVID-19 and the Japanese Approach
The Japan Times states that the social distancing measures might be essential until 2022 to reduce persistent outbreak following the initial wave. Whatever situation arises during…
NIICE · 2 May 2020
COVID-19 and the Case of the European Union
The need of the hour is a more cohesive pan-European response to COVID-19, requiring the UK government to abandon its ideological hostility towards the EU. The…
Shreya Sinha · 1 May 2020
WHO and Nepal: Filling the Void in Pandemic Preparedness
At time when high income countries around the world are occupied with their own numbers, peripheral countries like Nepal are left with very limited or the…
Sumnima Karki · 30 April 2020
Tight vs Loose Cultures: Decoding Vietnam’s COVID-19 Success
Vietnam’s response to the crisis has earned praise from the World Health Organization. The official statistics clearly exhibit that there are currently more than 75,000 people…
NIICE · 30 April 2020
Combating COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Looking at Public Policy Solutions
Widespread test covering maximum infected people can be one of the solutions. Government is trying to ease the lock down and allows industries, by maintaining appropriate…
NIICE · 28 April 2020
Why Disasters are by Choice, not Natural?
We should not blame disasters on nature. Disasters emerge from society’s actions. So, we should prefer not to use the term “natural disaster”. Instead, they are…
NIICE · 27 April 2020
COVID-19 in Afghanistan: Despairing Times for a War-Torn Nation
The need of the hour for Afghanistan is support from the international community and regional cooperation to address the challenges faced by the war affected country.…
Dr. Aradhana Talwar · 26 April 2020
COVID-19 and Myanmar: A Hazy Future for the Land of Pagodas
It will be difficult for Myanmar to escape the economic and social shocks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Myanmar would need to be more careful in preventing…
NIICE · 24 April 2020