Journalism Matters

500 news organizations mark World News Day by demonstrating the power of journalism to make a difference. Take a look at the following reports and features that are making an impact in an increasingly complex and uncertain world:

India

Why women in Beed district don’t have wombs

“You will hardly find women with wombs in these villages. These are villages of womb-less women,” says Manda Ugale, with gloom in her eyes. Sitting in her tiny house in the Hajipur village within the drought-affected Beed district of Maharashtra’s Marath-wada region, she struggles to talk about the painful topic.

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Taiwan

Investigating river construction to save the streams

“ The only way home is to bash against a wall.” In March 2018, the Environmental Ethics Foundation of Taiwan released a video shot depicting fish jumping from a river in order to reach the upper streams to spawn. However, as the river bank was made of concrete, the fish were defeated by the task and died at the river side. None completed their mission to return.

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Singapore

Indian star tortoises homeward bound

Surya and Perumal are two illegal immigrants who have been living in Singapore. On Nov 26, both will be sent back to their homeland along with 48 others. What’s so special about their return? Well, they are not humans – but Indian star tortoises who are now a step away from being listed as an endangered species.

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India

Luxury comes at a price for Puzhal prisoners

On September 3, 2018, a warden at Tamil Nadu’s biggest central prison, Puzhal jail, was caught with ganja hidden in his innerwear when he reported for duty. He was smuggling it to a Pakistani spy -a National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspect – lodged there, who paid for it at a premium price.

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