Details of the projects, and the ways in which they are having a positive impact on the lives of victims and children born as a result of sexual exploitation and abuse, are contained within the trust fund’s fourth annual report, released this week. The UN Trust Fund in Support of…
CHINA – Constructing an irrigation network in Qinghai Province. Workers were paid part of their wages in food supplied by the World Food Programme. Credit WFP/Sarah Errington Opinion by Trevor Page (lethbridge, canada) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service LETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 08 (IPS) – As our planet continues to…
74% of people in G20 countries want economic systems to change, survey finds. Credit: Paul Virgo / IPS. by Paul Virgo (rome) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Sep 08 (IPS) – In 1972 the Club of Rome alerted the world to the harm human economic systems were doing…
Delegates from the Zambia All Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (ZAPPD) met in Lusaka to develop a strategic plan to tackle population and development issues. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Sep 08 (IPS) – Parliamentarians play a decisive role in…
A medical officer preparing to give a COVID-19 vaccine in Somalia in May 2021. Credit: Mokhtar Mohamed/AMISOM by Juliet Morrison (united nations) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) – With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health…
Opinion by John Sifton (new york) Thursday, September 08, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 08 (IPS) – This week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, released his first report. It is a catalog of abuses under Taliban rule since August 2021 and their…
“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief in terms of the number of articles published by formers.” – Sept. 2018, Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 62 No. Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national-security…
There are 244 million children out of school. Credit: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, September 07, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Sep 07 (IPS) – More than two-thirds of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand a simple text. This shocking finding should be enough to be alarmed…
“These are only verified figures and the actual numbers are likely significantly higher,” explained Rosemary DiCarlo. Displacement All wars are tragic, but none more than wars of choice. The disturbing allegations of forced displacement and abuse in “filtration” camps in #Ukraine must be investigated. We need peace in Ukraine, peace…
“To capitalize on this opportunity, federal and State authorities must collaborate closely to achieve progress on the new government’s goals, including improving governance and justice, effectively countering Al-Shabaab, and responding urgently to the worsening humanitarian crisis,” he said. Somalia’s electoral process concluded on 15 May after Parliament voted in Hassan…
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