Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming — Global Issues

Indian Village Unlocks Treasure of Organic, Indigenous Farming — Global Issues

At Jhargram in India’s West Bengal state, farmers have returned to indigenous and organic farming with promising results. Here women farmers prepare seed beds. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (jhargram, india) Monday, October 24, 2022 Inter Press Service Jhargram, India, Oct 24 (IPS) – At Jhargram, a far-flung…

A Raging Storm for the Developing World that can be Avoided — Global Issues

A Raging Storm for the Developing World that can be Avoided — Global Issues

Opinion by Isabel Ortiz, Matti Kohonen (london / new york) Monday, October 24, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON / NEW YORK, Oct 24 (IPS) – Finance ministers of the G20 and the world met in Washington, October 10-16, to discuss how to navigate multiple crises, including rising cost-of-living, broken global supply…

Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda — Global Issues

Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda — Global Issues

The Congo-Rwanda border bustles with traders going between the two countries but is also a conduit for criminal syndicates to smuggle elephant tusks and other contraband. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (rubavu, northwestern rwanda) Friday, October 21, 2022 Inter Press Service RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) – Every morning,…

Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy — Global Issues

Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy — Global Issues

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Opinion by Soraya M. Deen, Christine M. Sequenzia (los angeles / washington dc) Friday, October 21, 2022 Inter Press Service LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) – Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)…

Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future — Global Issues

Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future — Global Issues

Civil society organisations at the Finance in Common Summit. Credit: Noel Emmanuel Zako Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini (abidjan, ivory coast) Friday, October 21, 2022 Inter Press Service ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) – A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative…

Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation — Global Issues

Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation — Global Issues

Credit: United Nations Opinion by Manzoor Qadir, Guillaume Baggio (hamilton, canada) Thursday, October 20, 2022 Inter Press Service HAMILTON, Canada, Oct 20 (IPS) – Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.” According to the latest SDGs progress assessment, 2 billion people…

Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation — Global Issues

Government Indifference Deprives the Trafficked of Compensation — Global Issues

Anti-trafficking street play being stages in a tea house. Trafficking survivors often find it difficult to access compensation in India, and traffickers often escape justice. Credit: Rina Mukherji/IPS by Rina Mukherji (pune) Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Pune, Oct 19 (IPS) – Fourteen-year-old Priti Pyne was returning from school…