UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons — Global Issues

UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons — Global Issues

Ending a 12-day visit to the country, Claudia Mahler, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights for older persons, said that as well as ageism and age-discrimination, even among Government officials, violence against older persons is an unspoken reality. Pressing laws She welcomed the Government’s progressive efforts in…

Africa Needs More Action, Fewer Words to Secure Food and Nutrition — Global Issues

Africa Needs More Action, Fewer Words to Secure Food and Nutrition — Global Issues

Ritta Achevih? was barely able to feed her family, but now the Kenyan farmer has changed her fortunes by adopting Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approaches that improve soil health and productivity by protecting the soil from degradation. Credit. Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (kigali) Friday, September 09, 2022 Inter Press Service…

Zambian Parliamentarians Tackle Population Issues to Improve Quality of Life for Citizens — Global Issues

Zambian Parliamentarians Tackle Population Issues to Improve Quality of Life for Citizens — Global Issues

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…

Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries — Global Issues

Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries — Global Issues

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…

UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons — Global Issues

UN envoy calls for collaboration to achieve new administration’s goals — Global Issues

“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…

Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe — Global Issues

Nesbit Gavanga, who mines sand illegally and sells it to builders, says he has few other economic options in Zimbabwe. Environmentalists, however, are concerned about land degradation. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (chitungwiza, zimbabwe) Wednesday, September 07, 2022 Inter Press Service CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Sep 07 (IPS) – In Chitungwiza, right…

COVID-19 Forced Ugandan Teachers to Go Digital, Teaching Them Important Lessons — Global Issues

COVID-19 Forced Ugandan Teachers to Go Digital, Teaching Them Important Lessons — Global Issues

A student teacher at the National Teacher’s College Kabale follows a lecture through his smartphone. Credit: Michael Wambi/IPS. by Wambi Michael (kampala/kabale) Wednesday, September 07, 2022 Inter Press Service KAMPALA/KABALE, Sep 07 (IPS) – Before the outbreak of COVID-19, an education officer in the district neighbouring Uganda’s capital Kampala decreed that…

UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons — Global Issues

Human rights violations in Unity state committed with ‘impunity’ — Global Issues

Published jointly by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the document reports gross abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law in Unity state. Verified violations Violations were committed during clashes between…

UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons — Global Issues

UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises — Global Issues

In a statement issued on Monday, the principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) called for increased support and humanitarian access to save lives. Famine is already unfolding in Baidoa and Burhakaba districts in south-central Somalia, and they said the situation will likely last until March if aid is not significantly and immediately…

UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons — Global Issues

Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’ — Global Issues

WFP noted that, despite so far reaching an unprecedented 3.7 million people with relief and over 300,000 with nutrition support, famine is an imminent reality unless drastic action is immediately taken. This is more than double the number of people assisted by the agency in April, and WFP is aiming…