Opinion by Marianne Buenaventura Goldman, Reitumetse Nkoti Mabula (cape town, south africa) Tuesday, September 05, 2023 Inter Press Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sep 05 (IPS) – The Role of the New Development Bank in Monitoring Project Impacts on Communities The 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa this month…
Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini (cartagena, colombia) Monday, September 04, 2023 Inter Press Service CARTAGENA, Colombia, Sep 04 (IPS) – In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and human rights defenders from over 50…
BRAC International recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bihar Government’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society to launch Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari, the first government-led urban Graduation programme in Asia. Credit: BRAC by Rina Mukherji (pune, india) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service PUNE, INDIA, Aug 30 (IPS) – In…
Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022. Credit: Wikipedia Opinion by Asoka Bandarage (washington dc) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 25 (IPS) – Sri Lanka has been faced with an unprecedented political and economic crisis since the beginning of 2022. The dominant narrative attributes…
Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) – A coalition of civil society organizations, (CSOs), including climate activists, anti-poverty campaigners and celebrity chefs, are among those calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders on the global food crisis during…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Thursday, August 24, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 24 (IPS) – International governance arrangements are in trouble. Condemned as ‘dysfunctional’ by some, multilateral agreements have been discarded or ignored by the powerful except when useful to protect their interests or…
Credit: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 18 (IPS) – Civic space is deteriorating in Senegal ahead of next February’s presidential election. Recent protests have been met with lethal violence and internet and social media restrictions. Senegal’s democracy…
Women and girls in Kenya’s West Pokot celebrate as the government cracks down on those practising harmful Female Genital Mutilation in the area. CREDIT: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Wednesday, August 09, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Aug 09 (IPS) – It promised to be the most defining, groundbreaking, and…
Goat rearing is contributing to economic independence and improved livelihoods of women thanks to a post-COVID-19 empowerment project. CREDIT: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (milonpur, india) Tuesday, August 08, 2023 Inter Press Service MILONPUR, INDIA, Aug 08 (IPS) – Seema Devi is a 39-year-old woman hailing from India’s northeastern…
Credit: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, August 04, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 04 (IPS) – The title shouldn’t fool you: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is one of the world’s longest-ruling autocrats. A political survivor, this former military commander…
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