Over 60% of World Workers Not Recognised, Not Registered, Not Protected
MADRID, Mar 15 (IPS) – More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labour force –or about 2 billion workers– work in the informal...
NEWS
DHAKA and NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (IPS) – In an exclusive interview given to IPS UN Bureau, journalist Sania Farooqui is in conversation with...
Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second: UNICEF
Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of...
Refugees Recount Harrowing Escape from Besieged Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Mar 15 (IPS) – “I never, ever, believed that anything like this could happen,” says Valia*. “Not for a second.” Read the full...
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war
Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict. After 11 years of war, the crisis continues to...
Lessons from Liberia for Scaling Poverty Reduction Globally
MONROVIA, Liberia, Mar 15 (IPS) – For the past three years, BRAC International has been piloting in Liberia an adaptation of its acclaimed Graduation...
UN on ‘positive trajectory’ towards full gender parity
Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to a renewed social contract anchored in human rights – the new Agenda for Peace – the UN chief...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 15 (IPS) – Ukraine is on fire. The country is being decimated before the eyes of the world. The impact on...
Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises’
To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way”. Secretary-General António Guterres told the...
Ukraine: ‘We need peace now’ declares Guterres, warning of global hunger meltdown
Ukraine is being “decimated before the eyes of the world” with Russia’s military offensive against civilians “reaching terrifying proportions”, said the UN chief on...
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights 
I Sustain My Accusation 
‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children