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Read more When Will World Food Day be a Day to Actually Celebrate?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 CrisesStudents interact with ECW’s Executive Director, Yasmine Sherif, as they participate in an art therapy session at an ECW-supported school in Kyiv, Ukraine. In partnership with UNICEF Ukraine…
Read more ECW Delivers Holistic Education Against All Odds, But More Funding NeededA student participates in an art therapy session at an ECW-supported school in Kyiv, Ukraine. In partnership with UNICEF Ukraine and Caritas Ukraine, the school offers vital mental…
Read more Global Community Urged to Help Deliver Quality, Holistic Education for Ukrainian ChildrenAll six African sub-regions have experienced an increase in the temperature trends over the past six decades, leading to severe water stresses, not enough food and deepening poverty.…
Read more Climate Action Greatest Economic Opportunity of this Century, Says UN Climate ChiefSecretary-General António Guterres (second from right) visits Tonga, where he attended the Pacific Islands Forum. Credit: UN Photo/Kiara Worth by Catherine Wilson (sydney & nuku’alofa) Friday, August 30, 2024…
Read more In Tonga the UN Secretary-General Declares a Global Climate EmergencyCredit: 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 AnnihilationGirls at Dabaso Girls School in Malindi, Kenya, pose with a ball during break time. Universal secondary education could virtually end child marriage and reduce early childbearing by…
Read more Investing in Teachers, School Leaders Key in Keeping Girls in School UN-African Union Study FindsAndiswa Mlisa, Principal Advisor – Business Development, PIRMO at SPC giving a demo at the Digital Earth Pacific launch. Credit: SPC by Catherine Wilson Monday, April 15, 2024…
Read more Pioneering Digital Initiative Empowers Pacific Islands to Tackle Climate DisastersAccording to the UN, renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, emit little to no greenhouse gases, are readily available and in most cases cheaper than coal,…
Read more Following Asian Countries’ Leads, Climate Action Opportunity for Developing NationsMillions of children are suffering from malnutrition in Afghanistan. Credit: Learning Together kabul Friday, March 22, 2024 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained…
Read more Taliban Rule Exacerbates Malnutrition Crisis: Afghan Women and Children Hardest HitYasmine Sherif, Education Cannot Wait Executive Director, speaks with students at the ECW-supported Pompomary Primary School in Maiduguri, North-East Nigeria. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (maiduguri, nigeria & nairobi)…
Read more Call for Scaled Up Funding for Much-Needed, Successful Joint Program in NigeriaA view of part of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second most populated city and main port, which is now dominated by violence as a hub for shipping drugs out of…
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