US Lagging Behind on Funding International Family Planning & Reproductive Health — Global Issues

US Lagging Behind on Funding International Family Planning & Reproductive Health — Global Issues

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…

‘Stone-Age’ Donkey-Drawn Carts Ply Zimbabwes Abandoned Remote Routes — Global Issues

‘Stone-Age’ Donkey-Drawn Carts Ply Zimbabwes Abandoned Remote Routes — Global Issues

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…

Parliamentarians Pledge to Act on Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence — Global Issues

Parliamentarians Pledge to Act on Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence — Global Issues

Delegates at the Arab and Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting to Follow-Up on ICPD25 Commitments: Addressing Youth Empowerment and Gender-Based Violence, held in Jakarta, Indonesia held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 13 (IPS) – Child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), sexuality…

Pandemic Accord Text Falls Short of Expectations — Global Issues

Pandemic Accord Text Falls Short of Expectations — Global Issues

The WHO working group met to consider 307 amendments proposed by governments to update current regulations. February 2023. Credit: World Health Organization (WHO) Opinion by Nicoletta Dentico, Ashka Naik (geneva) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Mar 13 (IPS) – As countries recently gathered in Geneva for the fourth…

Parliamentarians Tackle Youth Employment, SRHR in Post-COVID Asia and Pacific — Global Issues

Parliamentarians Tackle Youth Employment, SRHR in Post-COVID Asia and Pacific — Global Issues

Delegates at the Youth Empowerment: Education, Employment and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights forum held in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 08 (IPS) – With more than 600 million youth aged between 18 and 24…