Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ Patriarchy — Global Issues

Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ Patriarchy — Global Issues

Bukes Saliu, a forklift driver, is a Nigerian woman who challenging stereotypes. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (lagos) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LAGOS, Sep 28 (IPS) – Bukes Saliu wakes up very early every workday to beat the gruesome Lagos traffic to head to a job quite…

Dont Count on PPP Solutions — Global Issues

Dont Count on PPP Solutions — Global Issues

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 27 (IPS) – In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have spread rapidly. While usually profitable for the private partners, PPPs have generally not served the longer-term public interest. PPPs as miracle all-purpose…

Skyrocketing Inflation Puts Food Security in Pakistan at Risk — Global Issues

Skyrocketing Inflation Puts Food Security in Pakistan at Risk — Global Issues

Jamaat-i-Islami party stage protest in Peshawar against price-hikes. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Sep 26 (IPS) – “We are under extreme stress about skyrocketing prices of essential edible commodities and the cost of gas and electricity. The situation is…

Resistance Against the Odds — Global Issues

Resistance Against the Odds — Global Issues

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 26 (IPS) – Maryam al-Khawaja’s journey home ended before it had begun: British Airways staff stopped her boarding her flight at the request of Bahraini immigration authorities. Maryam was no regular passenger: her father…

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…

Latin America Is Lagging in Its Homework to Meet the SDGs — Global Issues

Latin America Is Lagging in Its Homework to Meet the SDGs — Global Issues

A view of the Altos de Florida neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia. Overcoming poverty is the first of the Sustainable Development Goals, and in the Latin American and Caribbean region there is not only slow progress but even setbacks in the path to reduce it. CREDIT: Freya Mortales / UNDP by…

The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another? — Global Issues

The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another? — Global Issues

Credit: AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 13 (IPS) – On 26 August, Gabon went through the motions of an election. Official results were announced four days later, in the middle of the night, with the…

The UNs Own Relevance Is at Stake at This Years General Assembly — Global Issues

The UNs Own Relevance Is at Stake at This Years General Assembly — Global Issues

Opinion by Mandeep S.Tiwana (new york) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 07 (IPS) – This September, world leaders and public policy advocates from around the world will descend on New York for the UN General Assembly. Alongside conversations on peace and security, global development and climate…