Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, speaks with a young Sudanese refugee in Borota during a field visit with UNHCR to the border regions of Chad with Sudan. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi & new york) Monday, May 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI & NEW YORK, May…
Joy of Marketing – Ethiopia. Credit: International Seed Federation Opinion by Michael Keller (vaud, switzerland) Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Inter Press Service Michael Keller is Secretary General of International Seed Federation VAUD, Switzerland, May 16 (IPS) – At long last, momentum is growing for an overdue rethink of climate finance and…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 08 (IPS) – A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was…
Dramas, using professional actors and compelling storylines, are used to persuade reluctant parents to have their children immunized against polio. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, May 05 (IPS) – Pakistan, one of two polio-endemic countries in the world, has started staging…
Credit: UNESCO Opinion by Victoria Galan-Muros – Mathias Bouckaert – Jaime Roser (paris) Thursday, April 27, 2023 Inter Press Service PARIS, Apr 27 (IPS) – Over the last decades, the global share of women among teaching staff in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has increased from nearly 35% in 1990 to close…
ECW High-Level Mission to Colombia ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif meets a young female student at the ECW-supported learning facility ‘Eustorgio Colmenares Baptista’, in Cúcuta, Colombia. Disability and inclusion are at the forefront of ECW-supported learning activities. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (new york & nairobi) Monday, April 24, 2023 Inter…
The removal of Mughal history from textbooks is seen as a political move which downplays the rich diversity of the Indian subcontinent. This artwork stems from this period. Credit: Govardhan. Jahangir Visiting the Ascetic Jadrup. ca. 1616-20, Musee Guimet, Paris by Ranjit Devraj (new delhi) Thursday, April 20, 2023 Inter Press…
Opinion by David Kode (johannesburg) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 (IPS) – Matiullah Wesa’s crime was to try to ensure young people got an education in Afghanistan. His recent forceful abduction by the Taliban offers the latest stark reminder that global solidarity and coherent action from…
Anna Ikeda. Credit: Soka University of America Photography Opinion by Anna Ikeda (new york) Monday, April 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 10 (IPS) – The current war in Ukraine has shown that nuclear deterrence is deeply flawed. It relies on the assumption of “rational actors” in power and…
Opinion by Robert Jenkins (new york) Thursday, April 06, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 06 (IPS) – With schools now reopened around the world, countries are called to take transformative action on education financing to recover and accelerate learning for all children, especially the poorest and most marginalized. Findings…
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