Terrorism & its Impacts on Water Access in the Sahel — Global Issues

Terrorism & its Impacts on Water Access in the Sahel — Global Issues

Opinion by Armand Houanye (ouagadougou, burkina faso) Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Inter Press Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 14 (IPS) – The writer is Regional Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA)Burkina Faso’s interim President Captain Ibrahim Traoré spoke late last year of the conflicts that are…

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…

Why Free & Public Education Should be Every Womans Right — Global Issues

Why Free & Public Education Should be Every Womans Right — Global Issues

The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (6-17 March) gets underway at UN headquarters in New York . Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías Opinion by Dana Abed (beirut) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service The writer is Global Campaigns Strategist for Gender Rights and Justice at Oxfam…

Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific’s Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks — Global Issues

Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific’s Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks — Global Issues

Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu, Sanjay Srivastava (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 10 (IPS) – Two destructive Category 4 tropical cyclones, Judy and Kevin, and an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude impacted over 80 per cent of the Vanuatu population from 1 to 3 March…

The Caribbeans Role in the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems — Global Issues

The Caribbeans Role in the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems — Global Issues

The successful transformation of the agri-food systems in the region will require ownership, political commitment, and action plans, writes the author. Credit: Wadner Pierre/IPS Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (santiago) Thursday, March 09, 2023 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, Mar 09 (IPS) – This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General…

International Women’s Day, 2023 – Digital Inclusion is Vital for Strengthening Women’s Rights in Africa — Global Issues

International Women’s Day, 2023 – Digital Inclusion is Vital for Strengthening Women’s Rights in Africa — Global Issues

Credit: Equality Now, Millicent Kwambai Opinion by S. Mona Sinha (new york) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service The writer is Global Executive Director at Equality Now. The following opinion piece is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – The…

International Women’s Day, 2023 – The Power of Technology — & the Increased Exclusion, Inequalities & Gender Discrimination — Global Issues

International Women’s Day, 2023 – The Power of Technology — & the Increased Exclusion, Inequalities & Gender Discrimination — Global Issues

Credit: Kyrgyz Space Program Opinion by Achim Steiner (united nations) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) – Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tremendous power of technology…