Parliamentarians attending the Global Conference of Parliamentarians on Population and Development Toward the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Tuesday, May 09, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, May 09 (IPS) – Parliamentarians from more than 30 countries agreed to send a strong message to the G7 Hiroshima…
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…
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…
Midwives Lucie Banionia and Lydie Mawelo help deliver the future at the General Reference Hospital in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the world’s fastest-growing countries. Credit: UNFPA/Junior Mayindu Opinion by Maniza Habib (washington dc) Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Mar 28 (IPS) – International…
Source: United Nations. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, March 27, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Mar 27 (IPS) – Yes, lower the retirement ages! That is the key message that workers worldwide are conveying to their governments. Rather than increasing retirement ages as many governments are now proposing,…
Opinion by Gabriel Odima (minnesota, usa) Monday, March 27, 2023 Inter Press Service MINNESOTA, USA, Mar 27 (IPS) – The dark road to democracy began with the manner in which the Kenyan Presidential election of August 2022 was handled. Today, the Church in Kenya is calling for dialogue between the ruling…
Opinion by Roopa Dhatt, Ebere Okereke (washington dc / london) Thursday, March 16, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC / LONDON, Mar 16 (IPS) – Women health workers are more than two thirds of the health workforce and represent 90% of the world’s frontline health workers, yet hold less than a…
Bad roads in rural Zimbabwe mean the community have to rely on donkey carts and jalopy cars as bus operators are not prepared to travel there. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mwenezi, zimbabwe) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, Mar 15 (IPS) – From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway…
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