NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For decades now, world leaders have talked about ending hunger and poverty and building a new world order based on human rights and gender-equality.

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People Who Choose to End Their Lives
As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk