Veena S. Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography, Arkansas State University, USA; and Raghav Gaiha, (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England.NEW DELHI,…
Farhana Haque Rahman is Senior Vice President of IPS Inter Press Service; a journalist and communications expert, she is a former senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture…
Julitta Onabanjo is Regional Director, UNFPA East and Southern Africa based in Johannesburg; Shoko Arakaki is Director, UNFPA Humanitarian Office, Geneva; & Sennen Hounton is UNFPA Representative in the Democratic…
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) - The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hard to predict as events are still unfolding, and estimates vary dramatically. estimates…
Yasmine Sherif is Director, Education Cannot WaitNEW YORK, May 13 2020 (IPS) - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we estimated that 75 million children and youth of whom 39 million…
Apr 8 2020 - The Covid-19 pandemic is still having severe impacts on many countries and it is not at all clear how long it will take to play out…
Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo Deputy-Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFor many people agriculture is the only means of survival, according to…
Credit: Unsplash /Melanie WasserNEW YORK, May 18 2020 (IPS) - The World Health Organization (2019) states that . Annually, this represents over , more than the number of people who…
Jun 5 2020 (IPS) - Food security in sub-Saharan Africa is under threat. The ability of many Africans to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs…
Photo: AFP Jun 22 2020 - The life of sex workers on the streets, hard as it is during normal times, has taken a worse turn after the coronavirus pandemic…
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 27 2020 (IPS) - As lockdowns ease in countries across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear—a return to…
Women in the informal economy have been especially hard-hit by the pandemic. Photo: Sk Enamul HaqSep 1 2020 - All crises—natural disasters, wars, pandemics—affect different sections of people in different…
There are nearly two million stillbirths every year. Credit: UNSPLASH/Claudia WolffUNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 2020 (IPS) - Societal taboo and a lack of understanding about stillbirth can cause the issue…
Renata H. Dalaqua is Programme Lead for Gender & Disarmament at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) At the core of landmark on Women, Peace and Security is…
Ilze Brands Kehris is Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York Addressing an online event organized by the Danish Institute for Human Rights…
The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day March 8.SUVA, Fiji, Mar 1 2021 (IPS) - An often quoted indigenous reference in the Samoan language…
Act in solidarity. Governments, civil society, and international organisations need to come together to distribute resources . Distributive justice can ensure greater security for all whether that is for health,…
Credit: UNICEF/Nahom Tesfaye KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 11 2021 (IPS) - Thanks to President Biden, the US now supports a suspension of intellectual property (IP) rights to increase vaccine supplies.…
The 14th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held this week, with participants urging policymakers to address the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that tobacco use claims about eight million lives a year. Credit: WHOCAPETOWN / BANGKOK, Aug 2 2021 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic has taken…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 28 2021 (IPS) - US President Biden’s earlier support for a vaccine patent waiver raised hopes for his summit last week. However, it proved disappointing, not…
US, UK, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland in violation of international human rights law in “prolonging the pandemic” ahead of vital World Trade Organisation meeting GENEVA, Nov 10 2021 - An…
Online platform Fuzia uses positive reinforcement and creativity to support its community. Credit: Sangeeta CS/FuziaNew York, Dec 21 2021 (IPS) - This is an age where pandemics are raging, millions…
Creative ways are needed to meet the ICDP 25 goals. Here girls and young women are learning to code in North Darfur as a way to increase future job prospects…
A rescued boat woman and her two children eat some welcome food at a centre in Kuala Cangkoi, Indonesia. The UN urges 'people-centred' approach to migrants and refugees in Southeast…
A polio vaccinator administers the oral polio vaccine to a child in Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSABUJA, Jun 22 2022 (IPS) - For forty days, Kunle Adeyanju – a Nigerian, Rotarian,…
We are failing to take antimicrobial resistance seriously, perhaps because it is not glamorous and relatable. Credit: Bigstock.Sep 21 2022 (IPS) - Staphylococcus aureus is the source of a skin…
SYDNEY, Jan 17 2023 (IPS) - Inflation worries topped Ipsos’s in 2022 overtaking COVID concerns. The return of inflation caught major central banks, e.g., the US Federal Reserve (Fed), Bank…
The writer is President, World Alliance for Mercury-Free DentistryThe World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry delegates at Minamata COP-4, on 23 March, 2022, Bali, Indonesia. Credit: Kiara Worth, IISD/ENB (Earth Negotiation…
Soo Hyoun Lim (right) and friend campaign for safe working environments for cafeteria workers.Seoul, Sep 28 2022 (IPS) - During my summer break this year, I read about five school…
On March 6, 2022, Izyum Central City Hospital (Kharkiv oblast) was attacked as a part of what appears to have been a large-scale carpet-bombing campaign. Reportedly, the hospital team had…
Stagnant water in one of Nairobi’s residential areas. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPSNAIROBI, May 8 2023 (IPS) - ‘Urban’ Kenya has been alerted because new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, threatens to derail…
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 29 2022 (IPS) - Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in agricultural fields producing our food supplies, peddle their wares as…
Tendayi Westerhof was one of the first celebrities in Zimbabwe to disclose their HIV-positive status. BRATISLAVA, Feb 14 2024 (IPS) - UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, recently made an impassioned…
Hepatitis remains a deadly disease, causing over 800,000 deaths globally each year. Credit: Shutterstock. Jul 25 2024 (IPS) - July 28th is World Hepatitis Day, created to celebrate the life…
KUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Jul 19 2023 (IPS) - In 2015, almost all heads of government in the world committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including universal…
The salinity of the water in coastal Bangladesh contributes to high blood pressure. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPSDHAKA, Nov 7 2023 (IPS) - Since her childhood, Parveen Begum, 52, has been adding…
Tim Wainwright is Chief Executive of .Credit: WaterAid/ DRIK/ Habibul HaqueLONDON, Jan 31 2020 (IPS) - There was only one topic on everyone’s lips at Davos this year – c.…
International Assembly of the Peoples and Tricontinental: Institute for Social ResearchKazimir Malevich, Children on the Grass, 1908 (Pushkin Museum State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow). Mar 23 2020 - SARS-CoV-2…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 7 2020 (IPS) - In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation jointly launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa…
Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPSApr 26 2020 (IPS) - Following the outbreak and declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, there has been a flurry of scientific research and publications to…
BONN, Apr 29 2020 (IPS) - Do you recognize this man? You do, of course. It is the silhouette of Beethoven, the famous composer and pianist, well known all over…
Remittances now account for an important portion of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean and support millions of families, so the drop in this source of income is shaking…
AMSTERDAM/ROME, Jun 8 2020 (IPS) - As the COVID-19 virus spread rapidly around the globe, so did various theories about what caused the pandemic. According to the standard scientific theory,…
Credit: United NationsJun 29 2020 (IPS) - While COVID-19 has made the headlines every day over the past two months, services for tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest in the…
MEXICO CITY, Aug 14 2020 (IPS) - A group composed by women and men, called Nuevo Curso de Desarrollo (New Course for Development) based at the National University of Mexico…
Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, addresses the virtual Security Council summit-level debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Global Governance post Covid-19”.…
Mothers and their children gather at a community nutrition centre in the little village of Rantolava, Madagascar, to learn more about a healthy diet. Credit: Alain Rakotondravony/IPSNAPLES, Italy, Nov 25…
Jul 9 2020 - During the pandemic, forced return of migrants has become a major issue of concern for intergovernmental bodies and the global civil society engaged in migration issues.…
Sorghum is has nutritional and health benefits. Small scale farmer, Catherine Sibanda examines her sorghum crop in field, in Jambezi District, Zimbabwe, March 2015. Credit: Busani Bafana / IPSBULAWAYO, Dec…
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