Om, a homestay owner in Paro, is hoping to value add after growing strawberries in her small greenhouse. Credit: Chhimi Dema/IPS by Chhimi Dema (paro, bhutan) Friday, October 14, 2022 Inter Press Service PARO, Bhutan, Oct 14 (IPS) – Zam, 57, sits at her kitchen table looking out the window at…
Protesters attend a march against the military coup in Myanmar. Credit: Unsplash/Pyae Sone Htun Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Friday, October 14, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (IPS) – The update on September 26, 2022, of the human rights situation in Myanmar to the UN Human Rights Council says…
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Friday, October 14, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 14 (IPS) – Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities. This…
Clearing ground to grow vegetables-Sultan’s Kinnow orchard. Credit: Alefia Hussain/IPS by Alefia Hussain (lahore, pakistan) Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Inter Press Service LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) – The zesty citrus whiff from the rows of trees boasting unripe kinnow (mandarins) freshens the autumn air in late September. Two deeply tanned…
Experts from the Netherlands and Bangladesh visit the Rupsha River in Khulna, southern Bangladesh, the planned site of future fish farms. Credit: IPS/Gemcon by Mosabber Hossain (dhaka) Monday, October 10, 2022 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Oct 10 (IPS) – Bangladeshi businessman Kazi Inam Ahmed is building his dream in a village…
Poverty, lack of nutrition, domestic violence and teen pregnancy are some of the key drivers of low learning performances and early school dropout racing across Samoa and the Pacific. Credit: Simona Marinescu, United Nations Opinion by Simona Marinescu (apia, samoa) Monday, October 10, 2022 Inter Press Service APIA, Samoa, Oct 10…
The image of the typical, laid-back surfer does not sit easily with the stereotype of earnest environmental campaigners. But elite bodyboarder Chris Kirkman is proof that surfers have a part to play in fighting the climate emergency. He has competed everywhere from Portugal and Chile to Tahiti and Brazil, and…
During a full session of the UN’s most representative body on the country’s devastating floods, he recalled last month’s visit where he saw “a level of climate carnage beyond imagination”. He described flood waters covering a landmass three times the total area of his own country, Portugal, saying that many…
Bindya Rana, a Karachi-based transgender activist and founder and president of Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA), and Shahzadi Rai, a Karachi-based transgender person, believe that the debate over the law protecting the rights of transgender persons is problematic. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Thursday, October 06, 2022 Inter Press Service…
More than 35 people have been killed, according to news reports, many of them children, said the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. “UNICEF condemns all forms of violence against children. No child should be a target or witness of violence anywhere, anytime”, said a statement released by the agency. According to…
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