A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Fertility Support Community was registered as an official Non-Governmental Organisation in the Maldives on Thursday. Fertility Support Community is the first peer-to-peer support group in the country. The organization aims to protect the rights of individuals facing fertility issues by providing accurate information, conducting awareness programs, and arranging peer-to-peer support group sessions. Co-founder Asha Hussain […]
Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) in partnership with FAM Foundation has held a sensitization programme on child protection in football. The programme, conducted in two sessions at ARC Convention Hall today, was attended by over 25 participants including coaches, management and staff of football academies and football clubs. The sensitization programme focused child protection […]
‘Girls to Code – Thinadhoo’, a Thinadhoo-based program aimed at teaching young girls how to code, has kicked off on 10th January 2021. The program is being conducted by Women in Tech and Dhiraagu and will run for two months virtually, at no cost to the participants. In the program, students will be trained on […]
Dhaalu Kudahuvadhoo council and Reseum have signed a public-private partnership and launched the ULHUN DHAALU initiative. The ULHUN DHAALU initiative was founded by the Dhaalu Kudahuvadhoo Local Government and Reseum, with the aim of making Dhaalu Atoll the most liveable atoll in the Maldives. The project leverages international and local collaborative partnerships, to work together […]
Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) has become a member of ECPAT International, the largest international civil society network working to end the sexual exploitation of children. ECPAT International has 121 members in 103 countries, working to end the sexual exploitation of children for prostitution, trafficking, online and in the travel and tourism sector. ARC […]
The first-ever non-governmental organisation (NGO) to work exclusively with migrant workers in the Maldives, Mission for Migrant Workers Maldives (MMWM) has now been registered. The NGO was registered on 23rd November 2020. The vision of MMWM is to be the focal point in the Maldives to advocate for the rights, transform vulnerabilities and actualize justice […]
Transparency Maldives in collaboration with Anti-Corruption Commission of Maldives has commenced the 3-day Maldives Transparency and Anti-Corruption Conference 2020 on 7th December. Held virtually via ZOOM, this is the first edition of the conference. The event intends to increase public awareness on corruption and share information on the impact and risks of it in various […]
First Lady Fazna Ahmed has morning launched a book titled “Dhuraalaa Thahyaaruve Huras Elhun” published by Journey – a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to prevent substance abuse. The publication was unveiled at a meeting held at Mulee’aage. “Dhuraalaa Thahyaaruve Huras Elhun” is based on the information published in the “Intervention eBook: What to do […]
Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) has today commenced a sensitization programme on child rights and protection for officers of Maldives Correctional Service who deal with children in conflict with the law. This programme, conducted in partnership with Maldives Correctional Service and UNICEF, was inaugurated with a virtual opening ceremony held this afternoon. The 4day […]