Q&A: Portugal Neglects Undocumented Immigrants with AIDS
Mario Queiroz interviews LUÍS MENDÃO, leader of the Portuguese Group of Activists for HIV/AIDS Treatment (GAT) Luis Mendão, president of...
Month: September 2024
No Sweet Consolation for Women Diabetics
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India , May 19 2013 (IPS) - The disease itself may not discriminate on the basis of gender, but...
Kenya’s Flower Farms No Bed of Roses
Working conditions on Kenya’s flower farms do not always meet international labour regulations. Credit: Suleiman Mbatiah/IPSNAIVASHA, Kenya, Jun 10 2013...
Protests in India over School Meal Tragedy
DOHA, Jul 18 2013 - At least 22 people in northern India, mostly children, have died and dozens were hospitalised...
Dwindling Water Supplies Make Every Drop Count
Drought has left some parts of Sri Lanka's dry zone scorched and crops devastated. Credit: PhotostockUXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 9 2013...
It’s Rubbish to Waste Like This
Recycling at last near Naples. Credit: A. D. McKenzie/IPS.NAPLES, Nov 18 2013 (IPS) - Before one reaches the premises of...
OP-ED: NAFTA’s 20 Years of Unfulfilled Promises
NAFTA has become an engine of poverty in the country, forcing millions of Mexicans to migrate to the United States...
Women Still Walk Two Steps Behind in Arab World
Women protest in Tunis to demand protection of their rights. Credit: Giuliana Sgrena/IPSUNITED NATIONS, Mar 6 2014 (IPS) - In...
Bangladesh Fights Off HIV
A sex worker in Bangladesh demonstrates use of a condom to prevent HIV. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS.DHAKA, Apr 28 2014 (IPS)...
Higher Food Prices Can Help to End Hunger, Malnutrition and Food Waste
In this column, Andrew MacMillan, former director of the Field Operations Division of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...