Malawian Farmers Reap More from Sunflower, Chillies — Global Issues

Malawian Farmers Reap More from Sunflower, Chillies — Global Issues

​A factory worker pressing sunflower oil. Credit: ​Esmie Komwa Eneya/IPS​ by Esmie Komwa Eneya (blantyre) Monday, September 05, 2022 Inter Press Service Blantyre, Sep 05 (IPS) – Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their…

The Right Policies Can Protect the Workers of Asia and the Pacific — Global Issues

The Right Policies Can Protect the Workers of Asia and the Pacific — Global Issues

Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Monday, September 05, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 05 (IPS) – Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools…

A Plea for the Creation of a UN Youth Assembly — Global Issues

A Plea for the Creation of a UN Youth Assembly — Global Issues

Credit: United Nations Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Monday, September 05, 2022 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 05 (IPS) – There are many ways the UN can have a sizeable role in promoting the engagement and participation of youth and helping them becoming a central pillar of a new…

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Biomethane, the Energy that Cleans Garbage in Brazil — Global Issues

Thales Motta, director of GNR Fortaleza, stands in front of the biomethane plant located in northeastern Brazil, the development of which required overcoming prejudices, mistrust and misinformation to open up the market for gas generated from garbage. Now biomethane is expanding, making use of landfills and agricultural biomass. CREDIT: Mario…

A Nod Towards Capitalism in Venezuela — Global Issues

A Nod Towards Capitalism in Venezuela — Global Issues

A partial view of the city of Punto Fijo, with the Cardón refinery in the background, on the Paraguaná peninsula, projected as a special economic zone overlooking the Caribbean in northwest Venezuela. CREDIT: Megaconstrucciones by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Saturday, September 03, 2022 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Sep 03 (IPS) – Venezuela…

Transforming Girls Education, Changing The World — Global Issues

Transforming Girls Education, Changing The World — Global Issues

Helen Grant Opinion by Yasmine Sherif, Helen Grant (new york) Friday, September 02, 2022 Inter Press Service Helen Grant Despite the progress made in recent decades, gender inequality between girls and boys, in all their diversity, is deepening. According to a recent United Nations report, the interlinked crises: of armed conflicts,…

To Be Black (and Crash the Goal) in Nagorno-Karabakh — Global Issues

To Be Black (and Crash the Goal) in Nagorno-Karabakh — Global Issues

Two among the several foreign players currently training with the Nagorno-Karabakh squad. Credit: Anush Ghavalyan/IPS by Anush Ghavalyan (stepanakert, nagorno karabakh) Friday, September 02, 2022 Inter Press Service STEPANAKERT, Nagorno Karabakh, Sep 02 (IPS) – “This year the weather in Nagorno-Karabakh is warmer than in my home country, Senegal,” jokes Sow…

From Worm Composting to Biofuels, the Caribbean Seeks Solutions to Seaweed Influx — Global Issues

From Worm Composting to Biofuels, the Caribbean Seeks Solutions to Seaweed Influx — Global Issues

Sargassum seaweed envelopes the waterways near the Marigot Fisheries Complex, Dominica Credit: JAK/IPS by Alison Kentish (dominica) Friday, September 02, 2022 Inter Press Service DOMINICA, Sep 02 (IPS) – The increasingly severe invasion of seaweed is impacting tourism, health, livelihoods, and the economy of Caribbean countries, which are hoping for a…