Mercy Erhi Makpor. Credit: UNU-EGOV / Cristina Braga Opinion by Mercy Erhi Makpor (guimarães, portugal) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service Guimarães, Portugal, Mar 07 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. The accelerating pace of digitalization has ushered humanity…
Andrea Meza Murillo Opinion by Andrea Meza (bonn) Tuesday, March 07, 2023 Inter Press Service BONN, Mar 07 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. When it comes to land, gender inequalities are pervasive. Today, nearly half of the global agricultural…
Opinion by Magdalena Sepulveda (geneva, switzerland) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 06 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. She will be called Aya. This is the name that nurses gave to the infant baby pulled…
Pakistani women peacekeepers in the audience at the National University of Science and Technology in Islamabad, where Secretary-General António Guterres delivered an address on the topic of peacekeeping. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part…
The jobs gap for women is a “stubborn and damaging reality of the global labour market” but it is particularly worrying in developing countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said, with almost one in four women unable to find a job, compared with 16.6 per cent of men. ‘Bleaker picture’ That assessment is…
In its latest annual report, the global body dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, also said that women’s participation has never been as diverse as it is in many countries today. The findings are based on data from the 47 countries that held elections last year. These…
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, March 01, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 01 (IPS) – The writer is Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) The following opinion piece is part of series…
Opinion by Roomi Aziz (islamabad, pakistan) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 24 (IPS) – While its origins may be rooted in the discrimination faced by people living with HIV, Zero Discrimination Day has evolved to celebrate commitments to the fundamental human right of being treated equally…
Cooperative members in southern Lebanon make a rare, traditional bread called Mallet El Smid to be sold at the MENNA shop in Beirut. Women are central to meeting the SDGs, say parliamentarians. Credit: UN Women/Joe Saade by IPS Correspondent (johannesburg) Thursday, February 23, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Feb 23 (IPS)…
According to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), maternal deaths have either increased or stagnated nearly everywhere, from 223 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020, down from 227 in 2015 and 339 in 2000. Unless progress is made on global targets for reducing maternal deaths…
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