How electric vehicles offered hope as climate challenges grew
This was another year of bleak climate news. Record heat waves baked the Pacific Northwest. Wildfires raged in California, Oregon, Washington and neighboring states....
Women’s Rights Groups Welcome New Legal Protections Against Sexual Violence in the Maldives, including Marital Rape
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 (IPS) – Marital rape has now been criminalized without exception in the Maldives, as part of a raft of...
Getting Beyond Body-Shaming
New York, Dec 21 (IPS) – This is an age where pandemics are raging, millions live in war-torn strife, yet women are judged on...
Champions of the Earth: Kyrgystan’s environmental entrepreneur
A picture of the Krygyz capital Bishkek, covered in a thick blanket of polluted air, spurred Maria Kolesnikova to start an environmental movement. Her...
Rural Women in Peru Seed Water Today to Harvest It Tomorrow
CUZCO, Peru, Dec 22 (IPS) – “When I was a little girl we didn’t suffer from water shortages like we do now. Today we...
Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, describing...
In Sudan, reports of serious sexual violence and the use of live ammunition against protesters at the weekend must be investigated immediately, the UN...
Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years ago, are opting to head home voluntarily from...
The UN belongs to young people, deputy chief tells young Costa Rican activists
The United Nations “belongs” to the younger generation, and countries must ensure they participate in decisions on environmental protection and climate action, Deputy Secretary-General...
Guterres in Lebanon: Fair elections in 2022, an ‘essential opportunity’ for voices to be heard
Having heard and seen for himself the suffering of Lebanon’s people, the UN chief told political leaders there on Tuesday that they “do not...
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