Families Search for Loved Ones Gone Missing in Post-War El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, Jul 02 (IPS) – The pain that María Estela Guevara feels over the disappearance of her niece Wendy Martínez remains as intense...
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If A Nuclear War Must Never Be Fought, Then …
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 02 (IPS) – The writer is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association in Washington DC. After more than a...
Dalit and Muslim Indian Women Leading Change in South Sudan
NEW DELHI, India, Jul 02 (IPS) – Two Indian women, one Muslim and the other Dalit (former untouchables), separated by culture and geography, have...
Leading figures from government, business and civil society are preparing to take part in this year’s High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF),...
The UN’s Pause campaign, which encourages social media and other news consumers to stop and check the validity of information they share, received a major endorsement on Thursday...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the roll-out of an “unprecedented number” of new and often innovative social protection measures, it was unable to...
Delta variant drives Africa COVID threat to ‘whole new level´: WHO warns; ‘dominant’ in Europe by August
With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in...
Billions risk being without access to water and sanitation services by 2030
Without an urgent injection of cash, billions globally risk still being without lifesaving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030, according to a new UN report published on Thursday. Read the full story,...
Internet shutdowns now ‘entrenched’ in certain regions, rights council hears
The practice of shutting down internet and mobile phone access to stifle dissent has become “entrenched” and more sophisticated in a growing number of...
Stopping Marine Plastic Pollution: A Key IUCN Congress Goal
St David’s, Wales, Jul 01 (IPS) – Documented images of albatross chicks and marine turtles dying slow deaths from eating plastic bags and other...
Renewed Hostilities In Yemen Inflame Displacement and Regional Risks 
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali 
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’