In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon — Global Issues

In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon — Global Issues

Indigenous leader and activist Vanda Witoto poses at her home in Manaus, Brazil, in October 2022. Credit: Michael Dantas/United Nations Foundation by Farai Shawn Matiashe (brasÍlia) Thursday, October 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRASÍLIA, Oct 05 (IPS) – Raffaello Nava, a youth and student activist, has fled his home at the…

Americas Record-Breaking Immigration — Global Issues

Americas Record-Breaking Immigration — Global Issues

Source: U.S. American Community Survey, 2021 and Census Bureau, 1960. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Oct 04 (IPS) – America’s immigration has reached record-breaking levels having weighty consequences domestically and internationally. Based on the Census Bureau’s 2023 Current Population Survey, the…

Are Many Children in Japan Going Hungry? How Can We Help? — Global Issues

Are Many Children in Japan Going Hungry? How Can We Help? — Global Issues

Eight students from Dalton Tokyo Junior visited Foodbank Karuizawa and interviewed Yoko Komiyama at the Watashi Kitchen. Opinion by Momoko Harada – Rei Sato – Shunki Sometaya (tokyo) Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Oct 04 (IPS) – Did you know that a staggering 20 million people in Japan…

UNs High-Level Appointments Should be on Gender Rotation, not Geographical Rotation — Global Issues

UNs High-Level Appointments Should be on Gender Rotation, not Geographical Rotation — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) – The UN’s high-level appointments have mostly been on the basis of “equitable geographical rotation”—with Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean taking turns. But a proposal for future…

Pronatalism on the Rise to Counter Growing Push for Gender Equality — Global Issues

Pronatalism on the Rise to Counter Growing Push for Gender Equality — Global Issues

This 14-year-old Ugandan girl was forced into marriage by her parents at 8 years old. Credit: UNICEF/Stuart Tibaweswa Opinion by Nandita Bajaj (st paul, minnesota, usa) Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Inter Press Service ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, Oct 04 (IPS) – There’s an insidious new tactic emerging for selling right-wing ideology…

Growing Appetite for Nutrient-Rich Native Indigenous Australian Foods — Global Issues

Growing Appetite for Nutrient-Rich Native Indigenous Australian Foods — Global Issues

Kalkani Choolburra, Aboriginal Programs Coordinator at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney, showing the many uses of native plants. Here, she is weaving with a Lomandra leaf. Credit: Neena Bhandari/IPS by Neena Bhandari (sydney) Tuesday, October 03, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Oct 03 (IPS) – Growing up in Sydney, Kalkani Choolburra,…