Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in Pakistan — Global Issues

Theatre Used to Dispel Polio Immunisation Myths in Pakistan — Global Issues

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…

Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change — Global Issues

Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change — Global Issues

A doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, May 02, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, May 02 (IPS) – While there is no established causal relationship between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun…

Holistic Education Support in Colombia Extended to Counter Snowballing Learning Crisis — Global Issues

Holistic Education Support in Colombia Extended to Counter Snowballing Learning Crisis — Global Issues

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…

No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ in Uganda — Global Issues

No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ in Uganda — Global Issues

Activists from Freedom and Roam Uganda launch LGBTQI+ campaigns, My Body is Not a Battlefield and Break the Chains, Stop Violence campaigns. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Apr 21 (IPS) – The mothers of LGBTQ+ individuals in Uganda have taken a…

Myanmars Forgotten War Lurches Deeper into Horror — Global Issues

Myanmars Forgotten War Lurches Deeper into Horror — Global Issues

Faces of the dead. Myanmar’s non-profit Assistance Association for Political Prisoners has a museum in the Thai border town of Mae Sot documenting the identities of over 3,000 civilians killed by the military since it seized power in 2021, as well as those killed since the first post-independence coup in…

Vulnerable Countries Need Action on Loss and Damage Today and Not at COPs To Come — Global Issues

Vulnerable Countries Need Action on Loss and Damage Today and Not at COPs To Come — Global Issues

There is an urgency for the loss and damage fund to become a reality as many developing countries are impacted due to climate change. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Friday, April 14, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Apr 14 (IPS) – In March 2023, more than 600 people died…

India’s Bihar Leads Efforts to Strengthen Global Poverty Alleviation Through South-South Knowledge Exchange — Global Issues

India’s Bihar Leads Efforts to Strengthen Global Poverty Alleviation Through South-South Knowledge Exchange — Global Issues

Shweta S Banerjee, Country Lead for India, and Syed M Hashemi, Country Advisor for India at BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, joined members of the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, including CEO Rahul Kumar, to sign the MoU in Patna, India. Credit: BRAC UPGI by IPS Correspondent (patna, india) Monday, April 10,…

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing — Global Issues

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing — Global Issues

Afghan Women refugees undergoing sewing and embroidery training in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Monday, April 10, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Apr 10 (IPS) – “I had my shop in Afghanistan but came here after the Taliban’s warning against stitching women’s clothes. Now, I am working…