Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they...
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his...
UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President
After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum...
2021 Revealed the Fragility of Food Systems
ROME, Dec 16 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)The end of...
Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence
Whether at home, at work, in the streets or even online, women and girls across the world remain highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, something...
A CDC panel recommends mRNA COVID-19 vaccines over J&J’s, citing fewer risks
An advisory committee for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously December 16 to recommend mRNA COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson &...
High Yield Seeds Could Address Food Shortages and Place Africa on Track to Zero Hunger – Experts
Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 16 (IPS) – Rahab Munene’s shoe selling business crumbled at the height of COVID-19 in 2020. She traded the enterprise for...
Doubling Adaptation Finance can be an Opportunity for the Worlds Poorest
BANGKOK / MELBOURNE, Dec 16 (IPS) – Amid several disappointments of the 2021 UN climate conference in Glasgow, one sign of hope was the...
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province that began in October, is officially over, national health...
A terrifying robot can thwart invasive mosquito fish
Invasive mosquito fish are often fearless. Free from the predators of their native range, these mosquito fish run rampant, throwing naive ecosystems from Europe...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
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Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak