Credit: Jenny Evans/Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 20 (IPS) – Australia had the chance to…
Read more Australia: Reconciliation Back to Square One?Aya, a 5-year-old girl clutching her doll to ease her fear, gazes at Gaza’s sky filled with warplanes from inside an UNRWA school in the Gaza Strip. Credit:…
Read more For Every Child, Every RightDelivering Psychosocial Support for Crisis Impacted ChildrenMarking World Toilet Day on November 19th, the global community faces a pressing sanitation crisis affecting 3.5 billion people. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa)…
Read more Accelerating Change: Global Call to Action on World Toilet Day to Meet 2030 Sanitation Goals© IOM/Gema Cortés Migrants come ashore from the Chucunaque River after crossing the Darién jungle. A rising number of migrants are attempting the dangerous journey across the Darién…
Read more From the Field: Transforming lives in Darién jungleFuel deliveries for aid operations in the enclave, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, have been largely prohibited since Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October left at least…
Read more Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa HospitalCredit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) – The need to act on…
Read more COP28: Climate Summit in Closed Civic SpaceLockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II : a Fifth Generation Stealth Fighter aircraft- (Wikipedia) by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 17…
Read more US has Provided Over 130 Billion Dollars in Aid & Weapons to Israel – the Largest EverOpinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Nov 17 (IPS) – Two centuries ago, Percy Shelley wrote that “poets…
Read more The Carnage in Gaza Cries Out for Repudiation & Opposition. Maybe Poetry Can Help.“What we do know is that the health system is on its knees,” said Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the…
Read more Gaza: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warnsJosé Lonardi stands in his tiny candy and beverage shop in downtown Buenos Aires. Customers, he says, have lost all reference points for the price of products in…
Read more Argentines Get Used to the Fact that Inflation Can Always Get WorseStephany Musombi and engineers preparing the banana stems for processing at KIRDI. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Thursday, November 16, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 16…
Read more Good for Girls and Good for the Planet: Eco-Friendly Sanitary TowelsAccording to the UN, the world today is home to 1.9 billion young people, most of whom live in developing countries. Young people today continue to be disproportionately…
Read more A Bigger and More Relevant Role for Youth Within the UN System – Part IIThe Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI), with Greenpeace, Indonesia, conducted a peaceful action in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to encourage the President to immediately ratify…
Read more Forced Labor: Exposing Dark Web of Fisheries Labour AbusesSource: Reported estimates from various sources with links provided in text. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Nov 14 (IPS)…
Read more Deaths in the Israel-Hamas ConflictAn artist’s impression of the completed Centre of Excellence in Kigali. The center supported by IRCAD is expected to assist with the training of surgeons throughout the continent…
Read more New Robotic-Assisted Surgery Offers Inspiring Hope for RwandaMissile strikes on Gaza are continuing. Credit: UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Monday, November 13, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 13 (IPS) –…
Read more What Is Israel’s End-Game in Gaza?Girl stands among the ruins in Gaza. The UNDP warns that the continued war with its loss of life and infrastructure could take years to recover from. Credit:…
Read more ‘Taking Palestine Back to 2005’ — UN Warns of Socioeconomic Impacts of Gaza WarThe regional directors of the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), children’s agency UNICEF and health agency WHO, said they were “horrified” at latest reports which indicate…
Read more Gaza: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacksPhilippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in…
Read more ‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi ArabiaIn a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged…
Read more Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
