WTO: Reform track on development sparks fears of bias against S&DT (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The facilitator overseeing the discussions on the World Trade Organization reform track on "development" has scheduled a meeting for 28 September. This comes amid sustained attempts to undermine the existing special and differential treatment (S&DT) framework for developing countries based on self-designation criteria, said people familiar with the development.

UN: AI dominance risks undermining right to development, warns study (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
While artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping development priorities, labour markets, creative economies and knowledge production systems, without adequate safeguards, AI-driven economic concentration risks undermining participatory and equitable dimensions of the right to development by limiting who shapes technological systems and who benefits from them.

Rights: Afghan men quietly resist Taliban ban on girls' education (PRIV)
(IPS, Kabul)
Many wonder why men in Afghanistan do not protest when women's rights are trampled upon. In reality, many are rebelling behind the scenes, for instance, by helping their daughters get an education.