Nigerian Focus Group Reveals Why Ending Gender-Based Violence is Necessary
ABUJA, Dec 04 (IPS) – Every year, the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence begins on November 25 and ends December 10. The theme...
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When Big Powers Clash, the UNs Most Powerful Body Disappears
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 04 (IPS) – At the height of the Cold War back in the 1960s, a Peruvian diplomat, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde,...
Misinformation on Social Media Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy: a Global Study Shows the Link
Dec 04 (IPS) – Vaccine hesitancy is a severe threat to global health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The term refers to...
Mexico Sticks to Natural Gas, Despite Socioenvironmental Impacts
Mexico City, Dec 07 (IPS) – In his community of small farmers and ranchers in northern Mexico, Aristeo Benavides has witnessed the damage caused...
Bidens Opportunity To End Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
NEW YORK, Dec 07 (IPS) – Recently I had an opportunity to brief a group of European diplomats and journalists on a variety of...
How Artificial Intelligence Could Widen Gap Between Rich & Poor Nations
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 08 (IPS) – New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, big data, and networks are expected to revolutionize production...
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Dec 08 (IPS) – Fiscal and monetary measures needed to fight the economic downturn, largely due to COVID-19 policy responses,...
Choice and Opportunity for African Farmers Will Transform Africa
NAIROBI, Dec 07 (IPS) – A hungry man is not a free man. He cannot focus on anything else but securing his next meal....
A UN Power Monopoly That Cries Out for a Break
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 07 (IPS) – Will four strong contenders for permanent seats in the UN Security Council (UNSC)– Germany, India, Japan and Brazil—help...
Chain of Alaskan islands might really be one monster volcano
Six volcanic islands in the Aleutian archipelago may be linked together in one massive caldera hiding underwater.
Palestinians yearn for ‘a return to normal life,’ says top Middle East peace envoy 
“The Price of a Narrow Metric: Why Vulnerability Must Count” 
How to Protect Coastal Communities From Tide-Related Loss and Damage in Bangladesh 
Afghanistan’s Drought Deepens, and Women Bear the Heaviest Burden