PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Mar 03 (IPS) – Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first woman president of Mauritius is a renowned biodiversity scientist The following...
Women Bear the Brunt of Post-COVID Employment Woes in Latin America
LIMA, Mar 03 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic did not hit everyone equally and employment has shown a clear gender-differentiated impact. Two years after...
How to interpret the CDC’s new mask guidelines
One moment, Campbell County in Wyoming’s northeastern corner was an area of high levels of transmission of the coronavirus, a scenario in which the...
Targeting Only Russian Oligarchs, a Historic Mistake
LONDON, Mar 03 (IPS) – The author is Director, Financial Transparency CoalitionThe war in Ukraine has highlighted Russian kleptocrats funnelling billions of dollars out...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Sexual Violence Laws are Failing Adolescents
LONDON, Mar 03 (IPS) – The writer is Global Lead of Ending Sexual Violence at Equality Now The following opinion piece is part...
Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution
Heads of State, environment ministers and other representatives from 175 nations, endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi on Wednesday...
Everyone must commit to preserving the Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,” the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Wildlife Day....
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Wednesday demanding that Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine. Read the full story,...
COVID-19: Depression, anxiety soared 25 per cent in a year
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global rates of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25 per cent, the World Health...
To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council
Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new...
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