Reform Needed As Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Post-Pandemic Support — Global Issues

Reform Needed As Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Post-Pandemic Support — Global Issues

Informal sector only received 4 percent of post pandemic funds even though the sector accounts for more than 2 billion workers, many of whom are women. Credit: IITA by Ed Holt (bratislava) Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Oct 12 (IPS) – Governments and international financial institutions must adopt…

Lives Hang in the Balance as Kenyas ASAL Region Ravaged by Severe Prolonged Drought — Global Issues

Lives Hang in the Balance as Kenyas ASAL Region Ravaged by Severe Prolonged Drought — Global Issues

Experts say pastoralists are at the edge of climate change adaptability due to perennial prolonged dry spells and occasional drought. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, October 04, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Oct 04 (IPS) – The sight of children begging for water from motorists along the Garissa…

Why The Global South Should Support UN Action on Sri Lanka — Global Issues

Why The Global South Should Support UN Action on Sri Lanka — Global Issues

A meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré Opinion by Meenakshi Ganguly (new delhi) Monday, October 03, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, Oct 03 (IPS) – Meenakshi Ganguly is South Asia director at Human Rights WatchThe economic, political, and human rights calamity gripping Sri…

Annexation of a States Territory is a Violation of the Charter & International Law, Warns UN Chief — Global Issues

Annexation of a States Territory is a Violation of the Charter & International Law, Warns UN Chief — Global Issues

by Guterres (united nations) Friday, September 30, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) – The Kremlin has announced that a ceremony will take place Friday in Moscow that will launch a process of annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In this moment of…

Poverty Impacts on Efforts to End Child Marriage, say Parliamentarians — Global Issues

Poverty Impacts on Efforts to End Child Marriage, say Parliamentarians — Global Issues

Ricksani Alice, 19, who was married at a young age but is now back in school hoping to complete her education thanks to the Spotlight Initiative talks with UNFPA Gender Programme Officer Beatrice Kumwenda at Tilimbike Safe Community Space in Chiludzi village, Dowa, Malawi on November 2, 2020. Credit: UNFPA…

Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in African Cities — Global Issues

Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in African Cities — Global Issues

The FRACTAL project (Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands) engaged a trans-disciplinary group of researchers, officials and practitioners that worked across six cities in southern Africa between 2015 and 2021.Voices of the marginalized and at-risk people are crucial for generating appropriate locally owned solutions. Opinion by Gina Ziervogel (cape town,…

Sindhs Faulty Drain Cannot Cope With Climate-Induced Deluge — Global Issues

Sindhs Faulty Drain Cannot Cope With Climate-Induced Deluge — Global Issues

A family evacuated from the floods has not received the promised tents or mosquito nets. Credit: Altaf Hussain Jamali/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Sunday, September 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Karachi, Sep 25 (IPS) – Last week, for at least six days, hundreds of flood-affected villagers from around the outskirts of…

Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh — Global Issues

Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh — Global Issues

Lalita Roy now has access to clean water and also provides a service to her community by working as a pani apa (water sister), looking after the community’s rainwater harvesting plants. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (khulna, bangladesh) Friday, September 23, 2022 Inter Press Service KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 23 (IPS)…

UN Agencies Call to Commit to Transforming Education in Crises — Global Issues

UN Agencies Call to Commit to Transforming Education in Crises — Global Issues

Mary Maker chairing a session on “Education in Crisis Situations – A Partnership for Transformative Actions for Learners” on the final day of the Transforming Education Summit. Credit: UN by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Inter Press Service United Nations, Sep 20 (IPS) – Refugee youth advocate, Mary…