The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the largest aid agency in the Gaza Strip where it provides emergency and other assistance to vulnerable Palestinians. Credit: UNRWA…
Read more Hope Springs Eternal—Dashed it’s DeadlyWithout investing in social development and crisis response, vulnerable communities are more susceptible to the impacts and stressors put on by multiple crises. Credit: UN Women_Ryan Brown by…
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Read more A Pact for the World’s PoorestJapanese organization Nihon Hidankyo waws today awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Credit: Niklas Elmehed/Nobel Prize by IPS Correspondent (united nations) Friday, October 11, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS,…
Read more Guterres Congratulates Nihon Hidankyo For Nobel Prize For Efforts To Rid Humanity of Nuclear WeaponsThe iconic Chinese fishing nets along the Kerala coast offer a picturesque scene that draws tourists from around the world. However, the fishworkers that have used them for…
Read more With Climate Change, Government Apathy, Who Should Kerala’s Fishworkers Turn To?Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, at a press conference in which she discusses her findings on prostitution. Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS by…
Read more Prostitution an ‘Egregious Violation of Human Rights’—UN Special RapporteurThe panel for the session on “Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Imagining a World without Nuclear Weapons.” Credit: AD McKenzie/IPS by AD McKenzie (paris) Friday, September 27, 2024 Inter Press…
Read more Activists Call on World to ‘Imagine’ Peace, End Nuclear ArmsDr. Tshilidzi Marwala, USG and Rector of the United Nations University, and Ms. Kaoru Nemeto, Director of the United Nations Information Centre during a discussion ‘Building the Future:…
Read more Summit of the Future: Youth Driven Action Needed to Tackle Nuclear and Climate CrisesCredit: Freedom House Opinion by Liam Scott (washington) Tuesday, August 27, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) – At least 55 governments in the past decade have…
Read more Nicaragua, China, India among 55 Nations Restricting Freedom of MovementOpinion by Saifullah Syed (rome) Friday, August 23, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Aug 23 (IPS) – The student movement in Bangladesh demanding reform of the quota system for…
Read more Things Can Only Get Better for BangladeshCentral Downtown Astana with Bayterek tower. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (tokyo/astana) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service TOKYO/ASTANA, Aug 19 (IPS) – In a world…
Read more Kazakhstan Takes Lead in Global Push for Nuclear Disarmament Amid Heightened TensionsCredit: WFP/Ali Jadallah/2024 Opinion by World Food Programme (rome) Thursday, August 15, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Aug 15 (IPS) – Corinne Fleischer, WFP’s regional director for the Middle…
Read more WFP in Gaza: ‘We Need a Long Ceasefire That Leads to Peace so We Can Operate’Opinion by Witada Anukoonwattaka, Preety Bhogal (bangkok, thailand) Monday, August 12, 2024 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 12 (IPS) – The rapid growth of digitalization has fundamentally altered…
Read more Digital Trade & the Sustainable Development Goals: A Dynamic AgendaActivists protest during the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS2024) in Munich over a affordable pricing for a drug currently sold by pharmaceutical firm Gilead. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS by…
Read more Activists Challenge Pharma Company Gilead Over HIV MedicationErico Platt looks at the disarmament exhibition that she staged, “Three Quarters of a Century After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Hibakusha—Brave Survivors Working for a Nuclear-Free World.” Credit:…
Read more 79 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki: A Grim Reminder of Nuclear AnnihilationMembers of the indigenous guard of the native community of Puerto Nuevo, of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, located in the central-eastern jungle of Peru. Credit: Courtesy of Marcelo…
Read more Government Indifferent to Invasion of Drug Traffickers in the Peruvian Amazonby CIVICUS Thursday, July 18, 2024 Inter Press Service Jul 18 (IPS) – CIVICUS discusses abortion rights in Brazil with Guacira Oliveira, director of the Feminist Centre for…
Read more BRAZIL: ‘The Law Should Protect Women and Girls, Not Criminalise Them’Green chillies, salt and ants on a stone mortar pestle depicts the process of how the chutney is prepared. Photo courtesy: Rajesh Padhial by Diwash Gahatraj (udula, india) Tuesday,…
Read more Mayurbhanj Kai Chutney: From Forests to Global Food TablesOrganizers decided to cancel physical Pride events this year for fear of a repeat of violence that marred the 2023 event when far-right groups attacked festival goers. The…
Read more Georgia’s LGBT+ Law Could Lead to Violent Repression, Rights Group WarnsUN Live’s CEO Katja Iversen at the launch of ‘Sounds Right’. Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS by Naureen Hossain (new york) Monday, April 22, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr…
Read more UN Lives CEO Katja Iversen Talks About the Power of Popular Culture and Sounds Right
