The Girl Who Couldn’t Herd Goats Now Saves Lives
michael Jane Meriwas (l) addresses women from the Samburu community, in Kipsing Plains in Kenya’s Rift Valley region, about harmful cultural practices. Courtesy: Jane MeriwasNAIROBI , Jun 11 2013 (IPS) -…
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/CORRECTED REPEAT*/River Diversion Project Spells Disaster
A major diversion project threatens to choke Mongolia's Orkhon River, the longest in the country. Credit: Michelle Tolson/IPSSELENGE PROVINCE, Mongolia, Jul 19 2013 (IPS) - Tsetseghkorol, a Mongolian herder, stares…
U.S. Report of GE Alfalfa Contamination Was “Inevitable”
Alfalfa is the fourth-widest grown crop in the United States. Credit: Public domainWASHINGTON, Sep 13 2013 (IPS) - With state and federal government agencies investigating a U.S. farmer’s complaint that…
Grappling to Give Uganda’s Fistula Patients Dignity
In Uganda, two percent of women of a reproductive age have experienced fistula, according to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2011. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPSKAMPALA , Nov 19 2013 (IPS) - Ever…