Women’s Rights Groups Welcome New Legal Protections Against Sexual Violence in the Maldives, including Marital Rape
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 (IPS) – Marital rape has now been criminalized without exception in the Maldives, as part of a raft of...
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Getting Beyond Body-Shaming
New York, Dec 21 (IPS) – This is an age where pandemics are raging, millions live in war-torn strife, yet women are judged on...
Champions of the Earth: Kyrgystan’s environmental entrepreneur
A picture of the Krygyz capital Bishkek, covered in a thick blanket of polluted air, spurred Maria Kolesnikova to start an environmental movement. Her...
Rural Women in Peru Seed Water Today to Harvest It Tomorrow
CUZCO, Peru, Dec 22 (IPS) – “When I was a little girl we didn’t suffer from water shortages like we do now. Today we...
Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years ago, are opting to head home voluntarily from...
In Sudan, reports of serious sexual violence and the use of live ammunition against protesters at the weekend must be investigated immediately, the UN...
Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, describing...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday expressed concern over the unfolding security situation in the capital, Tripoli, where forces affiliated with...
The deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, took centre stage at the Security Council on Tuesday as the UN...
Guterres in Lebanon: Fair elections in 2022, an ‘essential opportunity’ for voices to be heard
Having heard and seen for himself the suffering of Lebanon’s people, the UN chief told political leaders there on Tuesday that they “do not...
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects 
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
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COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy