Latin America Still Has a Long Way to Go to Eliminate Gender Violence — Global Issues

Latin America Still Has a Long Way to Go to Eliminate Gender Violence — Global Issues

“He who loves does not kill, does not humiliate or mistreat” reads a poster carried in a protest against violence against women in Lima, the capital of Peru, which is part of a slogan repeated in demonstrations against femicides and other forms of sexist violence in Latin America. CREDIT: Mariela…

Argentines Get Used to the Fact that Inflation Can Always Get Worse — Global Issues

Argentines Get Used to the Fact that Inflation Can Always Get Worse — Global Issues

José Lonardi stands in his tiny candy and beverage shop in downtown Buenos Aires. Customers, he says, have lost all reference points for the price of products in Argentina and so nothing surprises them anymore. CREDIT: Daniel Gutman / IPS by Daniel Gutman (buenos aires) Thursday, November 16, 2023 Inter Press…

The Relentless Struggles of India’s Seawall Mammas — Global Issues

The Relentless Struggles of India’s Seawall Mammas — Global Issues

Tandahara women tend to the new Casuarina plants. Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS by Manipadma Jena (puri, india) Tuesday, November 07, 2023 Inter Press Service PURI, India, Nov 07 (IPS) – For more than 33 years, a group of strong-willed women from the village of Tandahara, India have kept their homes and village…

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Fermina Quispe (fourth from the right, standing) poses for photos together with other farmers from the Women’s Association of Huerto de Nueva Esperanza, which she chairs and with which she promotes crop irrigation with solar pumps in her community, Llarapi Chico, located more than 4,000 meters above sea level in…

How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in Mexico — Global Issues

How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in Mexico — Global Issues

Dozens of women environmentalists participated in Mexico City in the launch of the Voices of Life campaign by eight non-governmental organizations on Oct. 12, 2023, which brings together hundreds of activists in five of the country’s 32 states. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Tuesday, October 24,…

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

An aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a spillway and to collect sedimentation of polluted water were being built and filter gardens that clean the water of the Cafubá River before discharging its waters into…

Ecuadorians Vote to Preserve Yasuní National Park, but Implementation Is the Problem — Global Issues

Ecuadorians Vote to Preserve Yasuní National Park, but Implementation Is the Problem — Global Issues

Oil workers are busy on the banks of the Tiputini river, on the northern border of the Yasuní National Park, in Ecuador’s Amazon region. CREDIT: Pato Chavez / Flickr by Carolina Loza (quito) Monday, October 09, 2023 Inter Press Service QUITO, Oct 09 (IPS) – The decision reached by Ecuadorians to…

Multilingual #AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign to Return Millions Back to School — Global Issues

Multilingual #AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign to Return Millions Back to School — Global Issues

Education Cannot Wait’s #AfghanGirlsVoices shines a light on young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education and learning. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, September 18, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 18 (IPS) – A Taliban edict is rolling back time in Afghanistan after access to education…

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North — Global Issues

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North — Global Issues

Alfalfa farmer Dionisio Antiquera stands in front of one of the wastewater treatment ponds at the modernized plant in Cerrillos de Tamaya, a rural community in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. The thousands of liters captured from the sewers are converted into clear liquid ready for reuse in local…