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…
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…
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…
Thelma Cabrera and Jordán Rodas launch their candidacy for the presidency and vice presidency of Guatemala in December 2022, which has been vetoed by the courts, in a maneuver that has drawn criticism from human rights groups at home and abroad. CREDIT: Twitter by Edgardo Ayala (santa catarina palopÓ, guatemala) Saturday,…
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…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 24 (IPS) – Over the year since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, on one side of the border civil society has shown itself to be a vital part of the effort to save lives and…
Opinion by Roomi Aziz (islamabad, pakistan) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 24 (IPS) – While its origins may be rooted in the discrimination faced by people living with HIV, Zero Discrimination Day has evolved to celebrate commitments to the fundamental human right of being treated equally…
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