COVID-19: A Global Survey Shows Worrying Signs of Vaccine Hesitancy
Nov 01 (IPS) - It has been nine months since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2...Read More
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Showing posts with label Global Issues News Headlines. Show all posts
Mexico's Plan to Upgrade Hydropower Plants Faces Hurdles
MEXICO CITY, Mar 30 (IPS) - Water security and profitability are the Achilles heels of the plan to modernise 60 hydroelectric plants in Mex...Read More
Life in the Times of Corona: Lockdown & Livelihood in the Lurch
NEW DELHI, Mar 30 (IPS) - Balwant Singh Mehta is Fellow at Institute for Human Development (IHD) and Co-Founder & Visiting Senior Fello...Read More
Harassment of Journalists Jeopardises Keeping Public Safe amid Coronavirus Pandemic
BRATISLAVA, Mar 20 (IPS) - Growing intimidation and repression of journalists reporting on the coronavirus is threatening public health in ...Read More
Coronavirus: Ten Reasons Why You Ought Not to Panic
Mar 07 (IPS) - Ignacio López-Goñi is microbiologist and works in University of Navarra (Spain).Regardless of whether we classify the new cor...Read More
Feminists Rewrite Their Realities Across the Global Map
Mar 06 (IPS) - Laila Malik is Information, Communication and Media Coordinator, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)In ...Read More
Target Men to Reach Our HIV Goals
HARARE, Mar 05 (IPS) - Women are the face of HIV in Africa, yet four of every 10 persons living with HIV in East and Southern Africa are m...Read More
Slavery Modernises, Adapts to Stay Alive in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 05 (IPS) - "Slave labour is not declining; it has taken on new forms and is growing; it expanded to new sectors wh...Read More
Mexico’s Battle with Obesity
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (IPS) - Paradoxically, when the number of people suffering from undernourishment or hunger has risen in the world, so, to...Read More
Let’s prevent post-partum depression and provide care to those in need
ABUJA, Feb 25 (IPS) - Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a medical doctor, the CEO of EpiAFRIC, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Nigeria Health Watch...Read More
Preserving World’s Biodiversity: Negotiations Convene at FAO Headquarters
ROME, Feb 24 (IPS) - "The world out there is watching and waiting for results," Elizabeth Maruma Mrema warns while talking to IPS...Read More
No Country On track to Ensuring a Better Future for its Children
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 (IPS) - There is no country that is on the right path to ensure the safety, health and proper environment for their ...Read More
What Future for the Rohingyas after the ICJ Ruling?
ROME, Feb 19 (IPS) - In a groundbreaking ruling in January 2020, the International Court of Justice demanded that Myanmar halt all measures...Read More
As Planet Burns, One Million Species in World’s Eco-System in Danger of Extinction
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 (IPS) - When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the 193-member General Assembly last December, he focus...Read More
Coming Down the Davos Mountain with a Gender Lens
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (IPS) - In a recent report by World Economic Forum (WEF) shows women suffer a "triple whammy" in the workplace. W...Read More
Female Genital Mutilation: Not just an Emotional and Health Impact on Women but a $1.4 Billion Dollar Cost to Communities
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - When society doesn't act to prevent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) it has a massive economic cost -- ov...Read More
Synergy with Hydropower Plants Boosts Biogas Production in Brazil
FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brail, Feb 10 (IPS) - Fomenting biogas production among agricultural producers may seem at first glance to be a distraction...Read More
Could Africa’s Marketplace Platforms Help Upskill a Generation for the Digital Age?
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 10 (IPS) - Jonathan Donner is Senior Director of Caribou Digital, a research and advisory firm dedicated to building in...Read More
Pulses for a Sustainable Future
ROME, Feb 10 (IPS) - Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Rome-based UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP). He was President o...Read More
Female Genital Mutilation Costs $1.4 Billion Annually: UN Health Agency
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 06 (IPS) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it ...Read More
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