Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Timothy A. Wise (boston and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Inter Press Service BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 (IPS) – Despite its dismal record, the Gates Foundation-sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced a new five-year strategy in September after rebranding…
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA, will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the overarching theme “Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and Common Future”….
Credit: IPS Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 28, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) – A sign outside the United Nations reads, perhaps half-seriously, that it is a “No Drone Zone”—and “launching, landing or operating Unmanned or Remote-Controlled aircraft in this area is prohibited”. The…
Opinion by Sima Bahous (united nations) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) – Five years ago, the global #MeToo movement brought new urgency and visibility to the extent of violence against women and girls. Millions of survivors came forward to share their experience. They forced…
Around 7,500 litres of water are used to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over seven years. Credit: pexels by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Nov 25 (IPS) – Please take a quick look at…
Forty-year-old Admire Gumbo has invested in cattle back home in Zimbabwe’s rural Mwenezi district. The picture shows Gumbo’s cattle in Mwenezi. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/ IPS. by Jeffrey Moyo (mberengwa) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service MBERENGWA, Nov 25 (IPS) – In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it…
A meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré by Marty Logan (kathmandu) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nov 25 (IPS) – Human rights defenders are alarmed at what appears to be a new process permitting countries to keep confidential their responses to…
23-year-old Varin poses next to a mural for queer rights in Sulaymaniyah. It was not long before it was vandalized. Credit Andoni Lubaki/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (sulaymaniyah, iraq) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq, Nov 25 (IPS) – It’s mostly people in their twenties sitting on a terrace…
Opinion by Myles Benham (doha, qatar) Friday, November 25, 2022 Inter Press Service DOHA, Qatar, Nov 25 (IPS) – The sun is shining, and the temperature sits at an idyllic 28 degrees Celsius. The Uber driver taking me to work is from Pakistan and devastated about the recent loss to England…
After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters. Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (sharm…
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