Opinion by Sima Bahous (new york) Monday, August 15, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 15 (IPS) – The writer is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women In the year that has passed since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan we have seen daily and continuous deterioration in the…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif, H.D. Wright (new york) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 12 (IPS) – Today marks International Youth Day, a global celebration of the transformative power of young people. Introduced by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, the event was inaugurated not only…
Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) – When world political leaders, mostly presidents and prime ministers, are ousted from power following military coups or street demonstrations, they flee to “safe havens” to avoid being jailed, executed by firing squads…
Sarah Hepp Opinion by Sarah Hepp (amman, jordan) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service AMMAN, Jordan, Aug 12 (IPS) – The storming of the Iraqi parliament by supporters of Al-Sadr was motivated by years of political impasse — threatening Iraq’s democracy and peace Iraq’s stricken democracy is being stress-tested once…
Opinion by Mauro Teodori (brussels) Thursday, August 11, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Aug 11 (IPS) – On August 3rd residents of the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw were suddenly awakened by the sound of military helicopters in the air. The helicopters hovered over the city all day. The way to the regime’s…
Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug 10 (IPS) – The upcoming summit on Education, part of the UN Secretary General’s ambitious agenda, can truly bring accountability and participation to the inevitably new ways education will be imparted in the future. With…
Due to the increasingly visible consequences of climate change, governments are finding it difficult to downplay the warnings of scientists. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Aug 10 (IPS) – With climate change bringing about increasing numbers of…
Having younger or multiple dependants at various educational stages and the demands of home schooling had a negative impact on the outputs of women academics. Credit: Bigstock Opinion Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service Aug 09 (IPS) – The under-representation of women in research is well documented. Emerging evidence…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 09 (IPS) – The world economy is on the brink of outright recession, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Ukraine war and sanctions have scuttled recovery…
Opinion by Alexander Kozul-Wright (geneva) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 09 (IPS) – The writer is a Geneva-based researcher for the Third World NetworkFor the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia has a left-wing government. The presidency of Gustavo Petro, who took the reins August 8,…
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