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Nepal Investigative Multimedia Journalism Network highlights severe human trafficking in Nepal: girls lured w/fake jobs end up in massage centers, spas & restaurants. Trapped in rape & forced prostitution. Laws ban minors in adult entrtainmnt, bt enforcemnt is weak! Police in Pokhara know spas use children for sex😡

For many journalists in Asia, working for Western newsrooms is an enviable opportunity. But the reality for many local reporters reeks of discriminatory policies and extractive relationships. asiandispatch.net/parachute-jour…

To protect and conserve endangered species of sharks and rays in Malaysia, it is crucial to know where they reproduce, feed, and just generally hang out. But it’s hard to do – unless everyone joins in. asiandispatch.net/divers-fishers…

On one hand, the brutal 26-year long conflict and civil war in Sri Lanka that ended in 2009 left many jaded and about 100k dead. Now, survivors who are mostly widows and mothers are dealing with their lands grabbed by authorities and climate change! Rukshana Rizwie's piece in

In Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, climate change and military occupation has robbed many Tamil women of their primary livelihood—farming—and forced them to seek solutions for survival. Read the full story, by Rukshana Rizwie, supported by The Centre for Investigative Journalism: asiandispatch.net/from-war-to-we…

Young people in Punjab are being misled by 'agents' peddling false hopes, just for a chance at immigration. And not all of them survive the journey. Read the story by Vishav Bharti for People's Archive of Rural India in English here: asiandispatch.net/in-punjab-a-ta…

पंजाब के गावों में लगातार बेरोज़गारी बढ़ने और कृषि से संबंधित संकटों में बढ़ोत्तरी के कारण विदेशों में बेहतर जीवन की उम्मीद में विदेश पलायन करने वाले युवाओं की संख्या राज्य में अपने उच्चतम स्तर को छू रही है | asiandispatch.net/in-punjab-a-ta…

ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤ: ਇੱਕ ਜਕੜਿਆ ਹਥਕੜੀਆਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਲੋਥ asiandispatch.net/in-punjab-a-ta…

Temperatures across India are rising, but number of heat deaths keep dropping. India's secret? A narrow definition of what constitutes a heat death. Read the full story on extreme heat deaths in India by Jeff Joseph, supported by The Centre for Investigative Journalism: asiandispatch.net/how-india-and-…

While we await the fog of war to lift in India and Pakistan, Asian Dispatch spoke to journos on both sides about how they reported, with risks and lack of access to protective gear, to get to the truth as mis- and disinfo thrived. By Anoushka Dalmia asiandispatch.net/no-protection-…

Honored to speak with Anoushka Dalmia at Asian Dispatch about how the recent India-Pakistan confrontations impact independent journalists and why unbiased reporting is absolutely essential to understand this conflict in South Asia. asiandispatch.net/no-protection-…

Dalit families hit by floods and landslides in Bajhang have been systematically excluded from govt aid, forcing many to migrate to India. Powerful reportage by Basant Pratap Singh for Asian Dispatch (Glad to have played a small part in it) asiandispatch.net/dalit-families…

Nearly four years after a 2021 disaster displaced families across Bajhang, Nepal, Dalit families have been ignored by the state, left off government beneficiary lists or granted partial aid. —writes Basant Pratap Singh for a story supported by The Centre for Investigative Journalism: asiandispatch.net/dalit-families…