Mantoe Phakathi MANZINI, Swaziland, May 13 2010 (IPS) – Africa cannot survive without us, is the message from grandmothers representing all corners of the continent. March at the birth of the African Grandmothers Movement: We demand economic independence to support our families. Credit: Mantoe Phakathi/IPS More than 3,000 grandmothers marched in the streets of Swaziland […]
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Black Floridians Await Settlement on Toxic Contamination
Christiana Weidanz NEW YORK, Oct 28 2010 (IPS) – It is safe to say that the candidates running in Florida for the Nov. 2 congressional elections do not have a campaign stop planned for Tallevast. Residents there believe that they have been abandoned by the government. Most do not even know who their representative is […]
Differently-Abled Farmers Integrate Digital Technology, Aim To Set Example For Others
Rawan Bo-khuntod (left) and another farmer planting seedlings. Credit: Pattama Kuentak/IPS KHLONG SONG, Thailand, Jul 6 2022 (IPS) – Hidden in Pathumthaini province just outside of Bangkok, 0.24 hectares of land adjacent to Seangsan temple has been turned into an urban vegetable farm managed by members of the Association of the Physically handicapped of Pathumthani. […]
Protecting Mental Health of Families in a Pandemic
Credit: Unsplash /Melanie Wasser. ABUJA, Jan 22 2021 (IPS) – Dealing with COVID-19-related city lockdowns has been exceptionally stressful, particularly for those parents who have had to balance work, personal life, children and elderly, providing home schooling or facilitating virtual learning, managing infection control within the home, and more, all while being disconnected from support […]
Beware Carbon Myopia at COP28: Why Climate and Nature Action Must Now Come Together in the Race for a Liveable Planet
School of fish and coral. Credit: UNDP Seychelles NEW YORK, Dec 6 2023 (IPS) – As COP28 delegates focus on the first Global Stocktake, there is no doubt that the race to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is vital. But while electric vehicles and solar power uptake have seen visible and welcome progress in particular, the […]