International Women’s Day, 2022To be Just, the Energy Transition Must Include & Empower Women
The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. A nurse on a maternity ward in a rural hospital powered by…
Fighting Inflation Excuse for Class Warfare
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 2022 (IPS) – A class war is being waged in the name of fighting inflation. All too many central bankers are raising…
The Right Policies Can Protect the Workers of Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 5 2022 (IPS) – Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and…
The Year of Debt Distress and Damaging Development Trade-Off
SYDNEY, Jan 27 2023 (IPS) – As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned, “”, that spiralling debt…
Interwoven Global Crises Can Best be Solved Together
Mangroves in Tai O, Hong Kong. Coastal wetland protection and restoration is an example of the kind of multifunctional solution that is needed to address multiple global crises…
Superbugs Among Top 10 Threats to Whole Cycle of Life
“If people do not change the way antibiotics are used now, these new antibiotics will suffer the same fate as the current ones and become ineffective” . Credit:…
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 NAIROBI, May 29 2023 (IPS) –…
Climate Justice – Is Litigation a Good Way Forward?
Nowhere is the escalating threat of climate change-induced disasters greater than in Asia and the Pacific. The impact and magnitude of disasters, over the past decade, indicate that…
International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia’s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War
There are still tens of thousands of people in need of health services including surgical interventions from the previous war that left almost 600,000 people dead. Credit: James…
Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People
Credit: Collectif Arc-en-Ciel/Facebook MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 2023 (IPS) – In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued striking down the criminalisation…