If Women Farmers were Politicians, the World Would be Fed, says Danielle Nierenberg
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 17 (IPS) - Women, key contributors to agriculture production, are missing at the decision table, with alarming consequences, says Food...
Venezuela’s Glimmer of Hope
MEXICO CITY, Sep 17 (IPS) - This is the third serious attempt to inject some momentum in the negotiations between the Venezuelan government...
COVID-19 Recovery Requires Justice Beyond Rhetoric
BONN, Germany, Sep 16 (IPS) - Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities....
Even as IUCN Congress Closes, Conservation Debate Hots Up
MARSEILLE, France, Sep 15 (IPS) - One of the most hotly debated issues at the recently concluded IUCN Congress in Marseilles was about...
White Privilege: What It Is, What It Means and Why Understanding It Matters
Sep 15 (IPS) - A prestigious, private school in Pretoria, South Africa, recently became a site of protest. Black learners and parents accused...
The Covid-19 Youth Employment Crisis in Asia & the Pacific
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 15 (IPS) - A pre-pandemic report published by the International Labor Organization, ILO, the Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020,...
As War Keeps Poisoning Humanity, Organizing Continues to Be the Antidote
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Sep 14 (IPS) - Last weekend, U.S. corporate media continued a 20-year repetition compulsion to evade the central role of...
Food Systems Summits Scientistic Threat
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 14 (IPS) - Timely interventions by civil society, including concerned scientists, have prevented many likely abuses of next week’s...
South-South & Triangular Cooperation to Help Achieve UNs Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 10 (IPS) - The 2021 high-level commemoration of the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, organized ahead of the opening...
Twenty Years After September 11, 2001: Institutions on Decline, But Religion Rising?
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - Described as the “worst terrorist attack ever in the United States”, September 11, 2001 is a moment...
Afghanistan’s Girls Need our Unwavering Support in Education
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - The Taliban takeover of government in Kabul is just days old, and the eyes of Afghans and...
The Forbidden Love
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sep 08 (IPS) - Abandoned by family and friends, transgender people in Bangladesh are subject to extensive daily abuse. The existing...
A Regional Agreement for a Healthy Eco-Sytem in Latin America & the Caribbean
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sep 08 (IPS) - In August 31st 2021, five Nations including Costa Rica - the country where the Escazú Agreement...
“Time Is A-Wasting”: Making the Case for CEDAW Ratification by the United States
NEW YORK, Sep 07 (IPS) - The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries that has yet to ratify the Convention...
The Main Contradiction of the Modern Era
BERLIN, Sep 06 (IPS) - Vladimir Popov – Principal Researcher, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.The main contradiction of...
