Women and Girls to the Front
BEIJING, Apr 06 (IPS) – Women hold up half the sky. Some years ago, Sarah al-Amiri, a young Emirati engineer, had a fixed gaze...
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 06 (IPS) – Girls in Asia don’t want to go back to normal – they want to go “back to...
Clarity still needed on effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine passports, says UN health agency
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 may not prevent transmission and vaccination passports may not be an “effective strategy” for restarting travel, the World Health Organization...
Disability Discrimination at the World Bank: Is it Immunity or Impunity?
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (IPS) – The 15,900-strong World Bank, which has funded over 12,000 development projects worldwide since 1947, is an international institution...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 06 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll, wiping away years of...
The COVID crisis “has revealed how unequal our societies are” said the UN chief in his message for World Health Day released on Monday....
Fifty-eight women and children of more than 600 who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal fighting in South Sudan, have been reunited with their...
United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste are supporting response efforts, as floods and landslides left widespread damage across the country, including in the capital, Dili....
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) – In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing...
Thousands of people in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado are on the move in search of safety, as the security situation remains volatile,...
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