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…

Africa Will Not Cope with Climate Change Without a Just, Inclusive Energy Transition — Global Issues

Africa Will Not Cope with Climate Change Without a Just, Inclusive Energy Transition — Global Issues

Thandile Chinyavanhu by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, November 24, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 24 (IPS) – A just transition should be viewed as an opportunity to rectify some of the wrongs where women are not prioritised in the energy mix, yet their experience of the impact of climate change…

Pacific Games Channels Youth Aspirations in the Solomon Islands — Global Issues

Pacific Games Channels Youth Aspirations in the Solomon Islands — Global Issues

Jovita Ambrose and Timson Irowane are two young athletes training to be part of the Solomon Islands national team at the Pacific Games. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS by Catherine Wilson (honiara, solomon islands) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, Nov 17 (IPS) – The Pacific Games, the most…

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…

Smallholder Farmers Gain Least from International Climate Funding — Global Issues

Smallholder Farmers Gain Least from International Climate Funding — Global Issues

David Obwona at his seed rice farm in Katukatib village, Amoro district, northern Uganda. The farmer is part of a group that is now engaged in seed rice farming to climate-proof agriculture courtesy of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building Agriculture. Credit: Maina Waruru/IPS by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, November…

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…

Unpalatable Choices in Election Plagued with Uncertainty — Global Issues

Unpalatable Choices in Election Plagued with Uncertainty — Global Issues

Credit: Tomás Cuesta/Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, November 03, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 03 (IPS) – For many of Argentina’s voters the choice in the 19 November presidential runoff is between the lesser of two evils: Sergio Massa, economy minister of a government…

Hurricane Otis and the Indifference Toward the Children of Acapulco — Global Issues

Hurricane Otis and the Indifference Toward the Children of Acapulco — Global Issues

Opinion by Rosi Orozco (acapulco, mexico) Thursday, November 02, 2023 Inter Press Service ACAPULCO, Mexico, Nov 02 (IPS) – Acapulco is a paradise. A port of golden sunsets, toasted sand, and deep blue sea. Its dream beaches captivated the hearts of Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor. US President John F. Kennedy…

Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People — Global Issues

Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People — Global Issues

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, October 27, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 (IPS) – In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men as unconstitutional. Its reasoning…