Amin Awad, the United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, called on Saturday for an “immediate humanitarian pause” in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces,...
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Securing evidence: The key to convicting human traffickers
“Slave” tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of objects and physical abuses deployed by human traffickers to...
Global food prices reached an all-time high in February, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. Read the full story, “Food Price...
Over one billion obese people globally, health crisis must be reversed – WHO
On World Obesity Day, marked on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to do more to reverse what is a preventable health...
In a resolution adopted on Friday, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to establish a commission to investigate violations committed during Russia’s...
Amid reports of dwindling food supplies in embattled areas in Ukraine, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday began ramping up operations, warning that...
‘Unprecedented’ number of traumatized people flee Ukraine
UN humanitarians on Friday described as “unprecedented,” the continuing outflow of children and families fleeing the “relentless shelling” of Russian military action in Ukraine...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women Lighting the Way in Off-Grid Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe, Mar 04 (IPS) – Electricity transmission lines run through Chiedza Murindo’s home in Murombedzi, a small town in Zvimba district in Mashonaland...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women in Science Are They Still Hidden Figures?
BONN, Mar 04 (IPS) – Again we commemorate International Women’s Day – it is March, 8. We want to celebrate women’s achievements and raise...
Miles Law and the War in Ukraine<br>Where you stand depends on where you sit
ROME, Mar 04 (IPS) – This aphorism which dates back to the late 1940s points out that one’s position on issues (where you stand)...
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
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‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children