Hate speech – including online – has become one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale, threatening peace around the world, says UN chief. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Mar 13 (IPS) – Islamophobia is a ‘fear, prejudice…
Delegates at the Arab and Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting to Follow-Up on ICPD25 Commitments: Addressing Youth Empowerment and Gender-Based Violence, held in Jakarta, Indonesia held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 13 (IPS) – Child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), sexuality…
The WHO working group met to consider 307 amendments proposed by governments to update current regulations. February 2023. Credit: World Health Organization (WHO) Opinion by Nicoletta Dentico, Ashka Naik (geneva) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Mar 13 (IPS) – As countries recently gathered in Geneva for the fourth…
Uganda used public health measures like screening, testing of temperatures, and isolation of suspected cases to contain the Ebola outbreak. While those measures were successful, scientists warn that another outbreak could occur. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala & mubende) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA & MUBENDE,…
Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu, Sanjay Srivastava (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 10 (IPS) – Two destructive Category 4 tropical cyclones, Judy and Kevin, and an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude impacted over 80 per cent of the Vanuatu population from 1 to 3 March…
Delegates at the UN observance of International Women’s Day, under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) – Promoting gender equality in technology and digital spaces is at the…
The Sami people protested in the centre of Oslo against the Fosen wind farm, in the north of Norway (Jannicke Totland/ Natur og Ungdom) by Karlos Zurutuza (rome) Thursday, March 09, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Mar 09 (IPS) – There are 151 wind turbines and more than 130 kilometres of…
The successful transformation of the agri-food systems in the region will require ownership, political commitment, and action plans, writes the author. Credit: Wadner Pierre/IPS Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (santiago) Thursday, March 09, 2023 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, Mar 09 (IPS) – This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General…
by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (paris) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service PARIS, Mar 08 (IPS) – For the past six years, Jamaican writer and scholar Opal Palmer Adisa has been one of the voices crying out against the prevalence of gender-based violence in the Caribbean and elsewhere….
Delegates at the Youth Empowerment: Education, Employment and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights forum held in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 08 (IPS) – With more than 600 million youth aged between 18 and 24…
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