In class at the public school in Lasbela, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The low quality of government schools has turned private education into a luxury accessible to only a few. Credit: Mariyam Suleman Anees/IPS by Mariyam Suleman Anees (gwadar, pakistan) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service GWADAR, Pakistan, Sep 13…
Women walk in a village in Indian-administered Kashmir. Women here often find themselves lured by the promise of a job into unsuitable marriages. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Athar Parvaiz (budgam, india) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service BUDGAM, INDIA, Sep 13 (IPS) – It has been over a decade since…
“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse,” he told the Human Rights Council, before sounding the alarm over ongoing reports of extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as serious violations against former Government officials, as documented in a new human rights…
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2020). International Migrant Stock 2020. Opinion by Vanessa Steinmayer, Simon Graham (bangkok, thailand) Friday, September 08, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 08 (IPS) – In Asia and the Pacific, migration is again on the rise. In 2020, almost 109…
Karipbek Kuyukov is an armless painter from Kazakhstan, and global anti–nuclear weapon testing & nonproliferation activist. Credit: Jibek Joly TV Channel Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri, Kunsaya Kurmet-Rakhimova (astana, kazakhstan) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sep 07 (IPS) – Exactly 32 years ago, on September 29, 1991, Kazakhstan,…
Rosina Das used a loan from Accion’s partner Annapurna Finance to keep her grocery store in Odisha, India, open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Accion Opinion by Debdoot Banerjee (mumbai, india) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service MUMBAI, India, Sep 07 (IPS) – Thunderstorms, flash floods, and landslides have made…
António Guterres was speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the opening of the ASEAN-United Nations Summit, addressing Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and declaring “our partnership is more important than ever.” Tests ‘as far as eye can see’ The international community faces tests “as far as the…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stressed the urgency of addressing these challenges if the country is to move forward, recalling the 2022 anti-Government protests demanding a fairer and more inclusive society. “But the potential for a historic transformation that would address long-standing challenges is far from being…
Asian Parliamentarians believe it’s important to prioritise spending on ageing and youth populations. Credit: APDA by Ranjit Devraj (new delhi) Tuesday, September 05, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, Sep 05 (IPS) – Legislators from around the world, this week, officially submitted to the Sherpa of the G20 meeting set for…
Local tribal leader Jemuel Perino discussed the success of local initiatives, supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Adaption Fund Climate Change Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA), in educating his community on effective prevention and mitigation techniques to deal with the growing impacts of climate change. “The indigenous cultural communities have their…
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