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…

The Impact of Climate Migration on Developing Nations

Men on camels and donkeys travel through a dust storm in the desert near the western city of Mao, in the Kanem Region of Chad. Credit: UNICEF/UNI82205/Holt BANGKOK,…

The Intergenerational Impact of Nuclear Testing in Polynesian States

Communities affected by nuclear testing, many originating from island nations in the South Pacific, share their experiences at the Nuclear Survivors Forum. Credit: ICAN / Haruka Sakaguchi UNITED…

International Women’s Day, 2024Rural Tajik Woman’s Road to Empowering Women Living with HIV

This feature is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. Takhmina Haidarova, Tajik advocate for the rights of women living with HIV. BRATISLAVA, Mar…