Shweta S Banerjee, Country Lead for India, and Syed M Hashemi, Country Advisor for India at BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, joined members of the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, including CEO Rahul Kumar, to sign the MoU in Patna, India. Credit: BRAC UPGI by IPS Correspondent (patna, india) Monday, April 10,…
Anna Ikeda. Credit: Soka University of America Photography Opinion by Anna Ikeda (new york) Monday, April 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 10 (IPS) – The current war in Ukraine has shown that nuclear deterrence is deeply flawed. It relies on the assumption of “rational actors” in power and…
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…
Opinion by Robert Jenkins (new york) Thursday, April 06, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 06 (IPS) – With schools now reopened around the world, countries are called to take transformative action on education financing to recover and accelerate learning for all children, especially the poorest and most marginalized. Findings…
The Abortion Dream Team (from left to right Natalia Broniarczyk, Justyna Wydrzynska, Kinga Jelinska) outside the Warsaw court after Wydrzynska’s conviction. Credit: Abortion Dream Team by Ed Holt (bratislava) Wednesday, April 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Apr 05 (IPS) – “People want the abortion laws here liberalised. Society has changed;…
Financing is vital for growth. Credit: Unsplash / Towfiqu Barbhuiya Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service The writer is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 04 (IPS) – The…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, April 03, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 03 (IPS) – As signs of a new Cold War are fast emerging at the United Nations, the US continues its war of words with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The rivalry, which extends from…
The cumulative needs of injured patients from the war have created a medical crisis. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS Opinion by Abdo Husen (addis ababa) Thursday, March 30, 2023 Inter Press Service ADDIS ABABA, Mar 30 (IPS) – There are about 5 billion people globally who cannot access surgery. In Ethiopia, for every…
A man collects his ration at one of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) collection points. The project, however, has resulted in deaths and injuries as people flocked to the collection points. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Mar 29 (IPS) –…
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