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Urgency for a Global Fund for Media & Journalism
By Simone GalimbertiKATHMANDU, Nepal, May 30 2023 – There have been an array of proposals to sustain journalism around the world– from tax incentives and subsidies to the ...
Kenyan Scientist’s Trend-Setting Research into Health Benefits of Snails
Dr Paul Kinoti at the JKUAT snail farm, where he is researching the potential of snail slime cough syrup. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS
By Wilson OdhiamboNAIROBI, May 29 2023 – ...
Carbon Tax: A Surprisingly Simple Contribution to Fight Climate Change
Carbon taxes can incorporate the environmental cost of doing business to a product’s final price. Credit: Bigstock
By Tatiana FalcãoMay 29 2023 – Reducing carbon emissions ...
Climate Carnage: Things Can Only Get Worse
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years.’ Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS
By Baher KamalROME, ...
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Is Unaffordable for Poor Girls and Women in Latin America
Young women from the Brazilian state of Bahia attend an informational campaign which also hands out menstrual hygiene products. Poverty and the lack of adequate information on this ...
How Farmer Producer Organisations Benefit Small Scale Farmers in India
Jaggery making on a sugarcane farm in Mandla. Small-scale farmers in India are benefitting from a scheme where they are able to diversify their farms and get support through Farmer ...
UN Human Rights Office Remains Under-Funded & Under-Resourced
The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action was adopted 30 years ago at the UN Human Rights Conference in the Austrian capital in June 1993. The Declaration was a strong and clear ...
Cooperatives in Argentina Help Drive Expansion of Renewable Energy
A picture of photovoltaic panels in the solar park in the small town of Armstrong, in the Pampa region, the heart of Argentina’s agricultural production. The park belongs to an electric ...
As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, the Neighbors Pay the Price
Long wait at the border between Sudan and Egypt. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS
By Hisham AllamCAIRO, May 25 2023 – The conflict in Sudan is impacting the economy in Egypt, and those ...
Climate Change Gets Its Day in Court
Credit: Save the Children Vanuatu/Facebook
By Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 25 2023 – As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis has rightfully made its ...
Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism
Women line up to receive beneficiary cards to buy fortified flour to prevent malnutrition in Kongoussi, Burkina Faso. April 2023. Credit: WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo
By Kirsten StadeST ...
How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society
Founder of Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (here pictured with fighters), claims that Bakhmut is now in Moscow’s control. However his claims are disputed by Ukraine. ...
World Hunger Day: Renewing Our Commitment to Elevating Women as Change Agents for Ending Hunger
Manou Gounou, a volunteer trainer for food security, stands with a moringa plant at Gbegourou Epicenter in Benin in 2021. The moringa plant is highly nutritious and The Hunger Project ...
