Credit: Kyrgyz Space Program Opinion by Achim Steiner (united nations) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tremendous power of technology…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – On International Women’s Day, let us remind ourselves of the power of education. We have all…
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…
Despite advances in gender representation in legislative bodies, the track record of women in the executive branches of government – as heads of state or heads of government — remains low. by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service This feature is part of a series to…
In our region, women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 63% of the region’s new HIV infections in 2021, write the authors. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Eva Kiwango (johannesburg) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service Anne Githuku-Shongwe is the UNAIDS Regional Support Team…
Nearly every maternal death is preventable, and the clinical expertise and technology necessary to avert these losses have existed for decades. Credit: Patrick Burnett/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 07 (IPS) – The answer is that there are alarming setbacks for maternal health…
People lay flowers and candles outside the Teplaren LGBTQI bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, following an attack outside the popular a meeting place for members of the city’s LGBTQI community in which two people were killed, and a third seriously injured. Credit: Zuzana Thullnerova/IPS by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, March 07, 2023…
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…
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…
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…
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