By Jewan Abdi HASSAKE, Syria, Mar 27 2024 (IPS) - Rozena, a 31-year-old woman from Guyana, says she travelled to Turkey in 2015 to join an NGO which helped Syrian refugees. That’s all she’ll reveal...
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Child Malnutrition in Peru Driven Up by Poverty and Food Insecurity
By Mariela Jara LIMA, Mar 27 2024 (IPS) - Quechua farmer Felipa Noamesa, who lives in the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, prepares a cream of fava bean soup for breakfast every morning with...
Abandoned Children Growing Problem in Northern Syria
By Sonia Al Ali IDLIB, Syria, Mar 27 2024 (IPS) - Wael Al-Hassan was returning from work in the Syrian city of Harim when he heard the sound of a baby crying. He was returning from work on December...
Conservation Efforts by Ethnic Communities in Bangladesh Bolster Water Security
RANGAMATI , Mar 22 2024 (IPS) - Just a few years ago, Sudarshana Chakma (35), a resident of the remote Digholchari Debarmatha village under Bilaichari upazila in the Rangamati Hill District, had to...
Taliban Rule Exacerbates Malnutrition Crisis: Afghan Women and Children Hardest Hit
KABUL, Mar 22 2024 (IPS) - Malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached an unprecedented level, according to United Nations humanitarian organizations. It is estimated that half of the country’s...
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Education Cannot Wait Interviews Professor Mohammed Belhocine, Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation within the African Union
Professor Mohammed Belhocine is an Algerian national. Former Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, he held various positions in Algeria, at the Faculty of Medicine and the Ministry of Health,...
A Regional Commitment Is Underway For Food Security and a Sustainable Future
By Mario Lubetkin - Mario Lubetkin is FAO Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for Latin America and the Caribbean SANTIAGO, Mar 5 2024 (IPS)...
Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amid Sudan’s Conflict and Forced Displacement
OPINION By Paleki Ayang JUBA, Feb 27 2024 (IPS)- Female genital mutilation (FGM) stands as one of the most egregious violations of human rights, particularly affecting women and girls worldwide...
Inside Kenya’s Seed Control Battle: Why Smallholder Farmers Want to Share Indigenous Seeds
By Jackson Ambole NAIROBI, Feb 22 2024 (IPS) - A group of 15 smallholder farmers in Kenya petitioned the country’s High Court, seeking to compel the government to review sections of a law that bans...
Smallholder Farmers Are Key to CGIAR Response to Hunger Crisis
By Guy Dinmore BANGKOK , Feb 19 2024 (IPS) - Dr Ismahane Elouafi has her work cut out. As the new executive managing director of CGIAR, a global network of agricultural research centers, her mandate,...
Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security
By Tanka Dhakal KATHMANDU, Feb 13 2024 (IPS) - Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without a drop of water. “Winter crops like...
Proven Vector Control Interventions Needed to Stem Malaria Infections in Africa
KIGALI, Feb 8 2024 (IPS) - Experts recommend that the current prevention of malaria in highly endemic countries in Africa should integrate “locally appropriate” control measures to cope with the...
Road to COP29: Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World
NAIROBI, Feb 5 2024 (IPS) - The road to COP29 has begun in earnest in the backdrop of a global climate report indicating that not only was 2023 the warmest year in a 174-year climate record, it was...
Under the Scorching Sun Kenyan Farmers Find New Ways to Beat Climate Change
By Robert Kibet Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and livelihoods from climate change through regenerative agriculture, nurturing hope for...
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Beyond the Farm: How Empowering Women Farmers Drives Change in Jordan and Beyond
By Hisham Allam CAIRO, Jan 25 2024 (IPS) - Dr. Zeinab Al-Momany, a prominent social entrepreneur, sheds light on the journey of empowering women farmers in Jordan and the Arab world, where women...
Learning for a Lasting Peace
By Yasmine Sherif International Day of Education Statement: Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, Jan 24 2024 - Education is the bedrock of peace, the foundation of strong...
The Global Femicide Epidemic
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan 18 2024 (IPS) - ‘Per Giulia e per tutte’ (‘For Giulia and for all’) echoed through the streets of Italy in mid-November 2023. Thousands of women, activists and supporters...
Mozambique Insurgency Significantly Decreased, Say Experts
By Kevin Humphrey JOHANNESBURG, Jan 17 2024 (IPS) - There is cautious optimism regarding the conflict that has been raging in northern Mozambique, largely in the province of Cabo Delgado, since 2017...
Cooperative Farming Makes Bangladesh’s Coastal Women Farmers Climate-Resilient
PATUAKHALI, BANGLADESH , Jan 10 2024 (IPS) - In the past, Salma Begum, 40, lost her crops every year due to natural disasters. She lives with her five-member family in Ashabaria village under...
Nigeria Prioritizes Climate Action to Mitigate Natural Disasters
By Leon Usigbe At risk of flooding are 372 out of the country's 744 local government areas. *Climate disasters are happening at frightening rates in Nigeria, and the administration now says it will...