With Violence on the Rise, Asian Americans Establish Support Groups for Help
California, Apr 28 (IPS) – Dr Boyung Lee, a widow and the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at...
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The UN published promising news in the global fight for gender equality and opportunity on Wednesday, showing that when it comes to mathematics, girls...
Kinder brand chocolates now linked to salmonella poisoning in 11 countries
Eleven mainly European countries have now reported salmonella food poisoning, linked to popular “Kinder” chocolate products produced in Belgium, the UN World Health Organization...
Two Months after the Start of the War, Food Insecurity Continues to Grow
ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) – This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General of FAOTwo months after the start of the war, on...
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year‘s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the...
Sustaining peace, more important, but ‘more complex’ than ever, as wars rage
Keeping the peace has become more important but also more complex in a world of proliferating conflicts, that are becoming more “intertwined”, the UN’s...
Landmark UN Report Issues Stark call for Sustainable Land Management to Save Human Health
DOMINICA, Apr 27 (IPS) – The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification’s Global Land Outlook warns that only through protection of existing ecosystems and...
Democracy Loses Its Glow for South Africans Amid Persistent Inequality
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Apr 27 (IPS) – South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better...
An Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to halt the spread of a deadly new outbreak in the country,...
Digital Mentorship: The Key to Womens Labour Force Participation in India?
BENGALURU, India, Apr 27 (IPS) – Today, approximately 19 million young women are accessing post-secondary or tertiary education in India. Yet, such education has...
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