Source: United Nations. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, October 03, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Oct 03 (IPS) – While the world’s population of 8 billion is continuing to increase and projected to reach 9 billion by 2037 and 10 billion by 2058, considerable diversity in the population…
Protesters in Washington, DC, march against the alleged killing of Uyghur Muslims. June 2022. Credit: Unsplash/Kuzzat Altay Opinion by Mandeep S.Tiwana (new york) Monday, October 03, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 03 (IPS) – This week is a momentous one for the world’s premier human rights body. At stake…
Iran is now seeing its largest protests ever against its Islamist rulers, sparked by the morality police’s killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, over her supposedly improper hijab but now marked by near-universal, full-throated demands for the regime’s end. The Biden administration has offered only slight support for the protesters, even…
Junwoo Na and Jeeyoon Na campaign to save street dogs. Opinion by Junwoo Na, Jeeyoon Na (bangkok & california) Friday, September 30, 2022 Inter Press Service Bangkok & California, Sep 30 (IPS) – When I started living in Thailand, I noticed something peculiar that I had never seen in other countries…
The FRACTAL project (Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands) engaged a trans-disciplinary group of researchers, officials and practitioners that worked across six cities in southern Africa between 2015 and 2021.Voices of the marginalized and at-risk people are crucial for generating appropriate locally owned solutions. Opinion by Gina Ziervogel (cape town,…
Lockdowns set New York City’s public-school kids back big-time, state test data just confirmed — fresh proof that the COVID-phobic teachers union put the children’s interests last. Math scores for kids in Grades 3-8 took a nosedive — with only 38% of kids being proficient. That was a drop of…
Credit: Pexels via Opinion by Robert Misik (vienna) Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service VIENNA, Sep 28 (IPS) – With no shortage of catastrophes in the past 15 years worldwide — the democratic left is stepping up to provide stability amid the storm. Throughout the history of mankind, there have…
Soo Hyoun Lim’s classmate doing a campaign inside the Yongsan International School’s cafeteria with the poster. Opinion by Soo Hyoun Lim – Hyeonuk Hwang (seoul) Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service Seoul, Sep 28 (IPS) – During my summer break this year, I read a news article about five school…
IPS youth thought leader trainees Minseung Kim (team leader), middle, Henry Cho, right, Dongjun Lee in the interview with Seong Hoon Kim, Senior Director, Platform Development Division of Korea Social Security Information Service. Opinion by Dongjun Lee – Henry Cho – Minseung Kim Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service…
Many of the global crises we face are caused or exacerbated by corruption. Credit: Ashwath Hedge/Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Sanjeeta Pant, Blair Glencorse (washington dc) Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Sep 27 (IPS) – As global crises mount, the G20 is proving unable to find solutions. Political…
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