English Analysis on World and 18 other countries about Health, Safety and Security and Epidemic; published on 24 May 2021 by Safeguarding Health in Conflict
Ineffective Past, Uncertain Future: The UN Security Council’s Resolution on the Protection of Health Care: A Five-year Review of Ongoing Violence and Inaction to Stop It
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More Than 4000 Attacks Against Health Workers, Facilities, and Transports Since 2016 Underscore Need for Action to Protect Health Care in Conflict
Five years after the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed a landmark resolution committing countries to prevent attacks on health care and hold perpetrators accountable, violence against health workers and facilities rages on unabated.
A new report and interactive map published today by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC), based on data collated by coalition member Insecurity Insight, highlights a global onslaught of violence against health workers, facilities, and transport from 2016 through 2020, including:
Giving while Muslim: How Ramadan philanthropy has changed from 9/11 to COVID-19
Twenty years after 9/11, American Muslims’ giving priorities have shifted to funding civil rights and social justice movements at home. Worshippers, socially distanced due to COVID-19 concerns, bow in prayer at the Islamic Society of Boston during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, April 16, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 5, 2021
(RNS) In Ramadan, Muslims famously join in fasting. But this holy month on the lunar calendar, which this year falls between April 12 and May 12, is also a time of charitable giving through acts known as zakat and sadaqa. There is a hadith
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