Persons with Disabilities Integral Players in Determining Innovative Solutions to Fully Inclusive Societies
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 14 (IPS) – Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals:...
World Food Day: Another year of global record hunger looms amid food and climate crisis
The world is at risk of yet another year of record hunger as the global food crisis continues to drive more people into worsening...
Haiti: ‘Bearers of hope’, saving newborn lives, amid growing turmoil
As protection, healthcare and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the...
Agroecological Women Farmers Boost Food Security in Perus Highlands
CUZCO, Peru, Oct 13 (IPS) – This article forms part of IPS coverage of International Day of Rural Women, Oct. 15.Lourdes Barreto, 47, says...
Disaster risk reduction: Only half the world equipped with adequate early warning systems
A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published on Thursday, warns that half of the...
Yemen: End of nationwide truce heralds ‘heightened risk of war’, Security Council hears
New uncertainty and “a heightened risk of war” now prevails across Yemen, following the end of a long truce which brought significant dividends, the...
The head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia told the Security Council on Wednesday that with the recent election of President Gustavo Petro,...
Demography of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
PORTLAND, USA, Oct 13 (IPS) – Demography is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as the fundamental obstacle to achieving to...
Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Toxic Masculinity
MADRID, Oct 13 (IPS) – A common feature to religions – including the monotheistic ones – is that groups of males have self-proclaimed themselves...
IPBES, IPCC Joint Winners of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2022 Dedicated to Climate Change
Nairobi, Oct 13 (IPS) – IPBES’ assessment report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species, released in July 2022, painted a troubling picture of...
WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines 
Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa 
Sudan: Attacks and further displacement in Blue Nile and North Kordofan 
Migrant deaths climb sharply in 2026, new UN data shows