Ortensia Tserem, a 27-year-old indigenous woman from the Amazon jungle, arrived with her partner to the coastal city of Ica in search of better economic opportunities. She never imagined that living without water would become part of her daily life. In her wooden shack in a poor neighborhood on the…
Young woman sips an orange soda and waits for the rain to stop, on the porch of a small country store in a rural village in Bungoma County, Kenya. Credit: IFAD/Susan Beccio. by Paul Virgo (rome) Thursday, July 20, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Jul 20 (IPS) – The climate, conflict and…
Climate change poses a direct threat to small-scale peasants in Afghanistan, with soaring summer temperatures and frigid winters becoming increasingly challenging. Monday, July 17, 2023 Inter Press Service Jul 17 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is…
ECW director Yasmine Sherif and other delegates at the “Ensuring Education Continuity: The Roles of Education in Emergencies, Protracted Crises and Building Peace” conference at the UN. Credit: Abigail Van Neely/IPS by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Friday, July 14, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) – As…
Sofía Quispe, the president of Ecorecicladoras de La Paz, finds a good haul of paper and cardboard in a municipal dumpster at the end of Avenida 6 de Agosto in La Paz, in a nighttime job that the southern hemisphere winter makes more challenging. CREDIT: Franz Chávez / IPS by…
While India decreased its population without access to clean cooking fuels by about 30 percent from 2010 to 2020, Africa has seen an increase of more than 50 percent over the same period, driven by a rising number of poor, tepid government policies to address this issue, and overarching poverty…
Women play a critical role in conflict management and peacebuilding efforts in Mauritania. Credit: IOM Mauritania Opinion by Lila Pieters Yahia (nouakchott, mauritania) Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, Jul 12 (IPS) – Deep in the heart of Southeastern Mauritania lies the district and town of Bassikounou, nestled…
The shortages of days in the classroom and teachers, and the poverty of their schools and living conditions, provide for a very poor education for Venezuela’s children and augur a significant lag for their performance in adult life and for the country’s development. CREDIT: El Ucabista by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Monday,…
Some people in parts of Uganda have depended on small-scale charcoal production for livelihoods, but the trade has been taken over by illicit charcoal traders. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala) Monday, July 10, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Jul 10 (IPS) – At Kampala’s Nakawa market, Lovisa Nabisubi scoops…
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Thursday, July 06, 2023 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Jul 06 (IPS) – Childhood vaccination, complemented with clean drinking water and improved hygiene practices, are…
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