Forgotten Children
MUMBAI, India, May 15 2020 (IPS) - Children residing in Child Care Institutions (CCIs, commonly known as orphanages) in India...
Month: September 2024
Philippines’ Senior Citizens Vulnerabilities Increase Because of COVID-19 Lockdown
Senior citizens supervise the construction of a community-run tree nursery and collective farm in Alangalang of Philippine’s Eastern Visayas region....
You’ve Got Money: Mobile Payments Help People During the Pandemic
Jun 22 2020 (IPS) - The practical challenge of quickly getting financial support in the hands of people who lost...
Three Steps for Leaders to Tackle Covid and Climate Emergency
GENEVA, Jul 24 2020 (IPS) - Dr David Nabarro is Special Envoy to the World Health Organisation on COVID-19 and...
Technology Meets Creativity on Women’s Empowerment Platform
Artist Ayushi Chauhan’s painting on the Fuzia website. Credit: NEW YORK, Sep 1 2020 (IPS) - Eight years ago, at...
Can Agroecology Feed the World?
Credit: in the Philippines, supported by the Agroecology FundROME, Oct 23 2020 (IPS) - Producing food and ensuring nutrition security,...
Keeping Climate Ambition Alive: Challenges Remain but Signs of Progress Abound
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 3 2020 (IPS) - For those of us in the international climate action community, 2020 isn’t ending...
Dengue—an Epidemic Within a Pandemic in Peru
International Year of Volunteers: A volunteer ombudsman in Peru helps a local woman with her problem, 2001. Credit: UN PhotoUNITED...
Ending Inequality is Everyone’s Business
A health worker at a local health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepares a vaccine injection. The...
Hope & Numbers: What will it take to Tip the Scales on Climate Action?
The writer is International Climate Political Advisor at Greenpeace InternationalThe UN says global temperature rise could lead to more frequent...