Bibbi Abruzzini, Forus Communication team, Paris. Credit: Forus International PARIS, Dec 10 2020 (IPS) – On Human Rights Day, civil society calls for the protection of civic space as a fundamental freedom, as more than 80% of the world’s population live in countries where civic space is closed, repressed or obstructed. Protecting civil society and […]
Category: Wellness
Inclusive and Equitable Education in the Pacific
NOUMEA, New Caledonia, Jan 25 2021 (IPS) – In 2019, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4 challenges all nations to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities […]
International Women’s Day, 2021Gender Equality is The Roadmap We Need to Overcome Our Most Pressing Global Challenges
The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8. NEW YORK, Mar 4 2021 (IPS) – In 2020, progress on gender equality in many countries in large part because of the far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a , by 2021, around 435 million girls […]
Three Ways the US Can Promote Equity in Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Globally
Continued inequity in COVID-19 vaccination means virus mutations occur and newer variants emerge that may be resistant to currently available vaccines. Credit: United Nations. ABUJA, Apr 2 2021 (IPS) – As richer western nations continue hoarding COVID-19 vaccines to the detriment of poorer nations, there is some light on the horizon. On April 15, 2021, […]
Women Leading Somalia’s Health System
NEW DELHI, India, May 17 2021 (IPS) – Somalia is one of the most complex regions of the world, with threats and political instability, extreme weather conditions, movement of internally displaced people (IDPs), decades of conflict, poverty-related deprivation, poor health and communicable diseases that are killing people. There is a constant risk of gender violence […]
To Build Back Better from the Pandemic, We Must Overhaul the Way We Deal with Development Finance
The author is Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland LONDON, Jun 25 2021 (IPS) – Over the past 18 months, the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have transformed our lives and prompted a period of deep reflection as a global community. In some sense, we are only now starting to understand our vulnerabilities, and in particular, […]
UN’s Ultimatum to Staff & Diplomats: Get Vaccinated or Go Hungry
UN Secretary-General António Guterres gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at Adlai Stevenson High School in the Bronx, New York. January 2021. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 2021 (IPS) – As New York city struggles to cope with the widespread outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus Delta variant -– which has claimed more than […]
Multilateral Financial Institutions Can Catalyze Public Development Banks (PDB) to Deliver SDGs
NEW DELHI, India, Oct 5 2021 (IPS) – There is broad consensus that realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change require a transformative agenda for agriculture and food systems. In this context, the importance of mobilizing more investments and aligning them to sustainable development and inclusive rural transformation objectives, […]
Children Address Unequal Access to Education During Pandemic
DUBAI, Nov 18 2021 (IPS) – In the whirl of effort nations are making to combat COVID-19, the powerful role that children and young people can play in overcoming the harmful effects of school closures is too easily overlooked. Children are making a difference on their own within their families, schools, and communities, while also […]
Underfunded and Deadly Tuberculosis Needs its Own Bill Gates
Community support workers are key in raising awareness about TB and promoting diagnosis and treatment. Credit, Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 7 2022 (IPS) – Global efforts to end tuberculosis (TB) are futile without dedicated investment in research into the debilitating disease that is killing 4000 people a day, Stop TB Partnership warns. “TB is […]