Over 1 billion children have had their lives disrupted by disasters since 2000, with over 80,000 schools damaged or destroyed. Credit: Shutterstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Inter Press Service MADRID, Nov 20 (IPS) – Did you know that hundreds of millions of children around the world are currently suffering from physical, sexual, and psychological violence, including child …
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Adenike Oladosu, ECW’s Climate Champion from Nigeria, during an interview with IPS at COP29. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (baku) Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 20 (IPS) – Education is under threat as multiple crises push children out of school and into harms way. COP29 Baku could break historical barriers that hold back education from playing …
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The struggle to end domestic violence needs to include a push to transform societal understanding of gender roles, and employers have a key role to play in this effort and, increasingly, an obligation to do so. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh (montreal, canada) Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTREAL, Canada, Nov 19 (IPS) – Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh …
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Delegates representing Indigenous communities urge negotiators to include language that promotes human and environmental rights. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (baku) Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 19 (IPS) – Delegates representing Indigenous people’s rights have taken issue with the ongoing COP29 negotiations, calling for Parties to include text and language that promote Indigenous rights to be …
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Despite streaming issues … tons of people from all corners of the world flocked to Netflix to catch Jake Paul and Mike Tyson throw down Friday night — with an estimated 108 million people streaming the bout!! Paul and Tyson, according to Jake’s Most Valuable Promotions, have become the most streamed sporting event ever with 65 million global concurrent streams …
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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 19 (IPS) – Western financial policies have been squeezing economies worldwide. After being urged to borrow commercial finance heavily, developing countries now struggle with contractionary Western monetary policies. Central banks ‘Unconventional monetary measures’ in the West helped offset the world economic slowdown …
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by CIVICUS Monday, November 18, 2024 Inter Press Service Nov 18 (IPS) – Content warning: this interview contains details some readers may find distressing. CIVICUS discusses Sudan’s civil war and its impact on women with Sulaima Elkhalifa, a Sudanese human rights defender and expert on gender-based violence. In October, fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group fighting …
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Dr. Colin A. Young, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center says the developed world should be reminded of catastrophic outcomes of failing to meet emissions targets. Credit: Aishwarya Bajpai/IPS by Aishwarya Bajpai (baku) Monday, November 18, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 18 (IPS) – Communities living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pay the price of climate …
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Roland Kupers, a lead architect at the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) International Methane Emissions Observatory by Umar Manzoor Shah (baku) Monday, November 18, 2024 Inter Press Service BAKU, Nov 18 (IPS) – Methane emissions have emerged as a focal point of discussion as global leaders congregate at COP29 in Baku to tackle the escalating climate crisis. In an exclusive interview …
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