Agroecological Women Farmers Boost Food Security in Perus Highlands — Global Issues

Agroecological Women Farmers Boost Food Security in Perus Highlands — Global Issues

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Lourdes Barreto squats in her greenhouse garden in the village of Huasao in the municipality of Oropesa, in the Andes highlands of the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, proudly pointing to her purple lettuce, grown with natural fertilizers and agroecological techniques. CREDIT: Mariela Jara/IPS by Mariela Jara (cuzco, peru) Thursday, October…

Small Farmers in Peru Combat Machismo to Live Better Lives — Global Issues

Small Farmers in Peru Combat Machismo to Live Better Lives — Global Issues

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On the suspension bridge that crosses the Vilcanota River, in the village of Secsencalla, in the Andes highlands region of Cuzco, Peru, a group of men who have been taking steps towards a new form of masculinity without machismo pose for a photo. From left to right: Saul Huamán, Rolando…

We Must Ensure That Climate Funding Reaches the Guardians of the Forests — Global Issues

We Must Ensure That Climate Funding Reaches the Guardians of the Forests — Global Issues

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While 2020 saw the highest deforestation rate in Brazil’s history, deforestation rates were up to three times lower in Indigenous territories. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS Opinion by Solange Bandiaky Badji, Torbjorn Gjefsen (washington dc) Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Sep 27 (IPS) – US $270 million may sound…

Inequality in Peru’s Education Sector Deepens in Post-Pandemic Era — Global Issues

Inequality in Peru’s Education Sector Deepens in Post-Pandemic Era — Global Issues

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Rodrigo Reyes, 18, was forced to drop out of school in 2020, because his family could not afford to pay for the internet or electronic devices that would allow him to attend class online, just when he was about to finish high school and was thinking of studying mechanics, his…

Of the Far West, the ‘Good Cowboys’ And the Bad Indians — Global Issues

Of the Far West, the ‘Good Cowboys’ And the Bad Indians — Global Issues

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The female guardians of Venezuela’s Imataca Forest Reserve | An FAO-GEF project, which also aims to increase gender equality in the forestry sector, has continued supporting the Kariña women in actively leading the development of their territories and the conservation of the area’s biodiversity. Credit: FAO by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday,…

Bilingual Intercultural Education, an Endangered Indigenous Right in Peru — Global Issues

Bilingual Intercultural Education, an Endangered Indigenous Right in Peru — Global Issues

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Children in an intercultural bilingual education primary school classroom in the district of Chinchaypujio, Anta province, in the southern Andean department of Cuzco, Peru. Each of these classrooms has between 10 and 13 students in different grades, at the kindergarten, primary and secondary levels. CREDIT: Courtesy of Tarea by Mariela…

Over Two Decades of Impunity for Environmental and Health Disaster in Peruvian Village — Global Issues

Over Two Decades of Impunity for Environmental and Health Disaster in Peruvian Village — Global Issues

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Juana Martínez takes part in an October 2021 protest in Lima organized by the platform of people affected by heavy metals in front of Congress, holding a sign that reads: “Cajamarca. Mercury Never Again”. She was 29 years old when the mercury spill occurred in her town, Choropampa, in Peru’s…