International Women’s Day, 2023 – Women and Girls: Innovation and Higher Education — Global Issues

International Women’s Day, 2023 – Women and Girls: Innovation and Higher Education — Global Issues

Credit: Canva via UNESCO Opinion by Giulia Ribeiro Barao, Bosen Lily Liu (paris) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. PARIS, Mar 08 (IPS) – In September 2020, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for…

<em>International Womens Day, 2023</em><br>Promoting Gender Equality and Closing the Digital Divide

<em>International Womens Day, 2023</em><br>Promoting Gender Equality and Closing the Digital Divide

Mercy Erhi Makpor. Credit: UNU-EGOV / Cristina Braga Opinion by Mercy Erhi Makpor (guimarães, portugal) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service Guimarães, Portugal, Mar 07 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. The accelerating pace of digitalization has ushered humanity…

Advancing Gender Equality & Land Restoration Goals — Global Issues

Advancing Gender Equality & Land Restoration Goals — Global Issues

Andrea Meza Murillo Opinion by Andrea Meza (bonn) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service BONN, Mar 07 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. When it comes to land, gender inequalities are pervasive. Today, nearly half of the global agricultural…

<em>International Womens Day, 2023</em><br>To Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Disasters, Make Wealthiest Pay Their Fair Share

<em>International Womens Day, 2023</em><br>To Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Disasters, Make Wealthiest Pay Their Fair Share

Opinion by Magdalena Sepulveda (geneva, switzerland) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 06 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. She will be called Aya. This is the name that nurses gave to the infant baby pulled…

International Women’s Day, 2023 – A New Global Architecture to Defend & Promote Rights of Women & Girls — Global Issues

International Women’s Day, 2023 – A New Global Architecture to Defend & Promote Rights of Women & Girls — Global Issues

Pakistani women peacekeepers in the audience at the National University of Science and Technology in Islamabad, where Secretary-General António Guterres delivered an address on the topic of peacekeeping. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part…

The Greatest Tech Breakthrough Would Be Getting Cell Phones to Rural Women — Global Issues

The Greatest Tech Breakthrough Would Be Getting Cell Phones to Rural Women — Global Issues

A cell phone gives rural women access to financial services, training, networks, and, importantly, information and knowledge. Credit: Prashanth Vishwanathan (CCAFS) Opinion by Nicoline de Haan (nairobi, kenya) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service Dr. Nicoline de Haan is Director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 06…

UN Falls Short of Aid Pledge to Yemen Despite Peace Efforts — Global Issues

UN Falls Short of Aid Pledge to Yemen Despite Peace Efforts — Global Issues

In the southern city of Taiz, 11-month-old Ameer Hellal receives WFP supplementary food for malnutrition. Photo: WFP/Albaraa Mansoor by Alexander Kozul-Wright (geneva) Friday, March 03, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Mar 03 (IPS) – At a high-level UN event, global donors pledged US$1.2 billion in aid operations to Yemen in 2023….

Harnessing the Digital Age to Empower Women & Girls — Global Issues

Harnessing the Digital Age to Empower Women & Girls — Global Issues

Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, March 01, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 01 (IPS) – The writer is Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)   The following opinion piece is part of series…

Earthquake Relief Efforts in Syria Shouldnt Overlook Those With Disabilities — Global Issues

Earthquake Relief Efforts in Syria Shouldnt Overlook Those With Disabilities — Global Issues

Shahd, a 12-year-old girl with a hearing disability, stands in front of a window facing her father, in the house her family live in, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria. Credit: Human Rights Watch. Opinion by Emina Cerimovic (new york) Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 28 (IPS) – Emina…

Climate Displacement & Migration in South East Asia — Global Issues

Climate Displacement & Migration in South East Asia — Global Issues

Source: https://www.internal-displacement.org/global-report/grid2022/ Opinion by Kwan Soo-Chen, David McCoy (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 28 (IPS) – Global warming and climate breakdown are going to be disruptive to say the least. Humanity’s insistence on unsustainable development and rising greenhouse gas emissions will make…