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…
Opinion by Saima Wazed, Zain Bari Rizvi (dhaka, bangladesh) Friday, March 31, 2023 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 31 (IPS) – On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April 2023, IPS is republishing ‘When Is Too Much Autism Awareness Still Not Enough?’ When is too much Autism…
Opinion by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (port louis, mauritius) Thursday, March 30, 2023 Inter Press Service PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Mar 30 (IPS) – Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is Former President of the Republic of MauritiusOn 12th March 2023, The Republic of Mauritius celebrates 55 years of post-independence history. It would be an understatement to…
Opinion by Marine Olivesi (ouagadougou, burkina faso) Thursday, March 23, 2023 Inter Press Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 23 (IPS) – Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since…
The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (6-17 March) gets underway at UN headquarters in New York . Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías Opinion by Dana Abed (beirut) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service The writer is Global Campaigns Strategist for Gender Rights and Justice at Oxfam…
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