Girls 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 FindsLeide Aparecida Souza, president of the Association of Residents of the Genipapo Settlement in the rural area of Acreúna, a municipality in central-western Brazil, stands next to breads…
Read more Solar Power and Biogas Empower Women Farmers in BrazilSeaweed farming using the off-bottom seaweed farming approach—tying algal fonds or seaweed seeds to ropes attached between wooden pegs driven into the ocean sediment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by…
Read more International Womens Day, 2024 – Inside Women Dominated Seaweed Farms in Kenyas Indian Ocean WatersWomen’s demonstrations to demand respect for their rights are held in Latin American cities on Mar. 8, International Women’s Day, calling on governments in the region to invest…
Read more Stepping Up Investment in Latin American Women is Imperativeby Humberto Marquez (caracas) Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Inter Press Service CARACAS, Jan 31 (IPS) – Rural life in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be marked by…
Read more Poverty and Inequality Mark Rural Life in Latin AmericaSehlisiwe Sibanda holds kindle that she uses for her energy-saving stove. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (kezi, zimbabwe) Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Inter Press Service KEZI, ZIMBABWE, Dec…
Read more Saving Energy, Saving Forests: How Kindle Stoves Are Changing Women’s LivesOn Arborek Island, Indonesia, shrubs and coral blocks are planted to prevent erosion of the beach. Credit: Alain Schroeder/Climate Visuals by Umar Manzoor Shah (dubai) Monday, December 11, 2023…
Read more Charting Out a Sustainable Path for Island, Coastal Communities Facing Climate CrisisKeithlin Caroo speaks to young Saint Lucian on International Rural Women’s Day. Education is an important part of advocacy on behalf of women and girls. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS…
Read more Commonwealth Civil Society Offers Ministers Crucial Recommendations for Gender Equality AdvancementWithout land rights, women cannot make the necessary decisions to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, October 31,…
Read more Women Correct Historical Injustices, Build Climate Resilience Through Cash PoolingTabeth Gowere (76) makes extra cash from weaving plastic waste. A group of seniors started weaving plastic out of a need to improve the environment and make some…
Read more Seniors Thriving Through Plastic Waste in ZimbabweCattle quench their thirst at a drying river as worsening drought conditions continue in Isiolo County, Kenya. Credit: ILRI/Geoffrey Njenga by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Inter…
Read more Women hold the Key to Success of Pastoralism in AfricaBukes Saliu, a forklift driver, is a Nigerian woman who challenging stereotypes. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (lagos) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LAGOS, Sep 28…
Read more Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ PatriarchyMiriam Poma stands in the electromechanical workshop for high-end vehicles that she co-owns in the city of El Alto, adjacent to La Paz, Bolivia. In the past, she…
Read more Bolivian Women Fight Prejudice to Be Accepted as MechanicsWomen and girls in Kenya’s West Pokot celebrate as the government cracks down on those practising harmful Female Genital Mutilation in the area. CREDIT: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce…
Read more Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol on Womens Rights in AfricaSofía 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…
Read more Women Recyclers in Bolivia Build Hope, Demand RecognitionCecilia Menjivar, a tortilla maker in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, takes a break from cooking corn in a pot that is one meter high and…
Read more Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El SalvadorWhile cooking on one side of her wooden tin-roofed house, Mercedes Marcahuachi describes her long day’s work to meet the needs of her household and of the soup…
Read more Women in Peru’s Poor Urban Areas Combat the Crisis at the Cost of Their WellbeingEronildes da Silva proudly stands next to a bunch of bananas on his farm, whose large size is the result, he says, of the effective fertilizer of reusing…
Read more Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil’s Semiarid NortheastLucineide Cordeiro loads manure from her two oxen and two calves into the “sertanejo” biodigester that produces biogas for cooking and biofertilizer for her varied crops on the…
Read more Biodigesters Boost Family Farming in BrazilMartina Santa Cruz, a peasant farmer from the village of Sacllo in the southern Peruvian Andes highlands department of Cuzco, is pleased with her remodeled kitchen where a…
Read more Healthy Homes – A Right of Rural Families in Peru
