Child Protection Schemes Are Failing Children Orphaned by COVID-19 in India
Aug 09 (IPS) – The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a sharp increase in the...
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UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing “humanitarian catastrophe” in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month. Read the...
NEW YORK, Aug 09 (IPS) – The first time I visited South Sudan in 2004 – prior to its independence – I travelled across...
End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous Peoples
Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous people, more action is still needed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
A Code Red Warning on the Hazards of Climate Change & an Impending Global Disaster
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) – A landmark report on the hazards of climate change predicts a devastating future for the world at large....
Despite an overall decrease in maritime traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy and armed robbery of ships rose by nearly 20 per cent...
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of...
Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest...
BRIGHTON, UK, Aug 09 (IPS) – The writer is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and co-director of the Humanitarian Learning...
UN Preaches Transparency to the Outside World but Fails to Practice it in its Own Backyard
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) – The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has...
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026