NGOs

After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet

May 25, 2023Afghanistan

Last December, in yet another blow to women’s rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban announced a ban on women working for nongovernmental organizations. Thousands of women lost their jobs overnight. The months since have been some of the most difficult for them.

A Taliban fighter stands guard as people wait to receive food rations distributed by a South Korean humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.

Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP

January 17, 2023Afghanistan

Aya Hijazi, founder of a nonprofit charity that looks after Egyptian street children, sat reading a book inside a holding cell as she faced trial in a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt on March 23.

American charity worker in Egypt is acquitted after three years in jail

April 17, 2017Justice

Children holding plates wait in a queue to receive food at an orphanage run by a non-governmental organisation in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

Before you write out checks on Giving Tuesday, consider this

December 1, 2015Finance

Ahmad and his dad at Hoops, an indoor basketball school made possible by a Lebanese NGO called Nawaya.

Why an NGO wants this Lebanese boy to live his hoop dreams

November 10, 2014Sports

Are volunteer programs empowering — or exploitative?

December 17, 2013Development & Education

If you serve as a volunteer, you know that it can feel good to devote your time to assisting others in need. But do you ever feel that you’re performing a job that deserves a paycheck? Volunteers around the world weigh in.

The protectors of the world’s largest fresh water lake may be put out of business by a Russian court

November 6, 2013Environment

A citizens’ group devoted to protecting Siberia’s Lake Baikal, the largest and deepest lake in the world, may be forced to close after being declared a “foreign agent.” The court ruling follows a 2012 law forcing any group that gets foreign funding and engages in political activity to register as a foreign agent or face big fines.