Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, May 09, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, May 09 (IPS) – The latest synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes for grim reading: Every fraction of a degree of warming comes with escalated threats, from deadly heatwaves to severe…
Indigenous women gather before an equality forum in Mexico City, Mexico. Credit: UN Women/Paola Garcia Opinion by Jens Martens (bonn, germany) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BONN, Germany, May 05 (IPS) – The world is in permanent crisis mode. In addition to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Audrey Azoulay (paris) Monday, May 01, 2023 Inter Press Service PARIS, May 01 (IPS) – Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democratic society. Without a debate of ideas, without verified facts, without diversity of perspectives, democracy is a shadow of itself; and World Press Freedom…
Credit: UNESCO Attribution 3.0 IGO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, May 01, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 01 (IPS) – The United Nations has consistently been a vociferous advocate of freedom of the press – and, most importantly, the right of journalists to report without fear of reprisals….
Charlie Brown Opinion by Charlie Brown (lome, togo) Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Inter Press Service LOME, Togo, Apr 26 (IPS) – The writer is President, World Alliance for Mercury-Free DentistryThe Minamata Convention on Mercury, a stellar success story to date, has been favorably compared to the prototype success story for a…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) – The massive leak of a treasure trove of highly-classified US intelligence reports—described as “one of the most remarkable disclosures of American secrets in the last decade”-– has also revealed a more surprising angle…
Only 55 percent of people across the Pacific Islands have access to basic drinking water and just 30 percent have sanitation services – the lowest rate in the world. Photo Credit: UN Samoa Opinion by Simona Marinescu (apia, samoa) Friday, April 14, 2023 Inter Press Service APIA, Samoa, Apr 14 (IPS)…
UN Resident Coordinator in Indonesia Valerie Julliand plants trees in Bogor, West Java. Credit: UN Indonesia Opinion by Valerie Julliand (jakarta, indonesia) Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Inter Press Service JAKARTA, Indonesia, Apr 12 (IPS) – As Ramadan continues through next week, the world’s 2 billion Muslims will focus on the core…
Technology increasingly sits at the intersection of many aspects of our lives: how we work and learn, how we interact with the people in our lives and the world around us, and how we access and consume the products and services we use every day. Diversity in engineering and technology…
A nurse walks into a hospital ward in Janakpur in Dhanusha District in southern Nepal. Credit: UNICEF/Rupadhayay Opinion by Roopa Dhatt, Susannah Schaefer (washington dc / new york) Friday, April 07, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC / NEW YORK, Apr 07 (IPS) – As World Health Worker Week draws to…
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