Juliana Lara Resende UNITED NATIONS, Jul 7 2006 (IPS) – After famously telling reporters that they don t do body counts , Pentagon officials now say that they have in fact been keeping a record of civilian casualties in Iraq for one year. And while that number remains classified, independent estimates suggest that at least […]
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Women are Often an After-Thought in a Humanitarian Crisis
Women farmers in rural Nepal. Credit: IFAD/Anwar Hossain KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 26 2020 (IPS) – In an interview*, Bina Pradhan, an independent researcher, focuses on gender, macroeconomics and emerging issues of inequality. She is affiliated with the Federation of Business and Professional Women, Nepal (FBPWN), and has been working on the promotion and advancement of […]
In Latin America’s Aging Population, 17 Percent Will Be Over 65 by 2050
Nelly García is 65 years old, and for 30 years she has been selling flowers at a market in Lima because she was unable to return to her profession as a nurse technician after taking a break from work to raise her children when they were young. She says sadly that “if the government does […]