The Return of Misogynistic Gynophobes in Afghanistan — Global Issues

The Return of Misogynistic Gynophobes in Afghanistan — Global Issues

Afghan women. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPS by Sania Farooqui (new delhi, india) Friday, June 17, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Jun 17 (IPS) – Gynophobia is defined as an intense and irrational fear of women or hatred of women, it may be characterized as a form of specific phobias, which…

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

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

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…

Guaranteeing Sufficient Food Production — Global Issues

Guaranteeing Sufficient Food Production — Global Issues

The potential shortages of some commodities may generate internal instability in many countries, increasing internal and external migratory flows. Credit: FAO Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (rome) Thursday, June 16, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 16 (IPS) – This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General at FAOIf the war…

Frankincense and Myrrh Have New Economic Resonance for Women in Kenyas Arid North — Global Issues

Frankincense and Myrrh Have New Economic Resonance for Women in Kenyas Arid North — Global Issues

Women display sorted gums and gum resins at a local market in Marsabit County. The women have greatly benefited economically through harvesting and selling non-wood products. Credit: Robert Kibet/IPS by Robert Kibet (nairobi) Thursday, June 16, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Jun 16 (IPS) – Clad in traditional regalia and necklaces…

Heres What the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Should Do to Be Inclusive — Global Issues

Heres What the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Should Do to Be Inclusive — Global Issues

Hunger and food insecurity impact more than 38 million Americans. Black and Hispanic families and other minority groups including LGBTQ folks, consistently and disproportionally experience food insecurity. Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service Hunger and food insecurity impact more than 38 million Americans….

Researchers Strive for Technological Innovations to Achieve Food Security in Africa — Global Issues

Researchers Strive for Technological Innovations to Achieve Food Security in Africa — Global Issues

Ingabire Muziga Mamy, Managing Director, Charis Unmanned Aerial Solutions Rwanda, provides drone services for spraying gardens with pesticides, among other farming activities in Rwanda. Technology is crucial to improving food security, researchers say. CREDIT: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Jun 15 (IPS)…

Assisting At-Risk Youth Becomes Lifes Work for Trafficking Survivor — Global Issues

Assisting At-Risk Youth Becomes Lifes Work for Trafficking Survivor — Global Issues

The Helping Young People Elevate (HYPE) Center is a center that is designed for youth who experienced homelessness, human trafficking, and systematic oppression. by Seimi Chu (stanford) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service Stanford, Jun 15 (IPS) – Arien Pauls-Garcia’s journey to working with at-risk youth in California was long…