The World Health Organization says round 7 million people die prematurely each year due to air pollution. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Wednesday, August 02, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Aug 02 (IPS) – Climate change is making us sick. It has become urgent to build resilient health systems to secure humanity’s well-being, says the special envoy for climate …
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The Big Picture Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has surpassed $800 million at the box office, potentially becoming the second film this year to reach $1 billion globally. The film has been highly successful both domestically and internationally, with top markets including the U.K., Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and China. Despite the film’s success, Gerwig has not yet committed to directing a Barbie …
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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Nazihah Noor (kuala lumpur and bern) Wednesday, August 02, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Aug 02 (IPS) – To achieve universal health coverage, people need public healthcare systems providing fair access to decent health care. This should be an entitlement for all, regardless of means, requiring adequate, appropriate and sustainable financing over the …
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Women fishing in Lake Victoria. Opinion by Pearl Amina Karungi (united nations) Wednesday, August 02, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 02 (IPS) – In a groundbreaking turn of events, women in Bugiri District, Eastern Uganda, have defied societal norms and broken into the traditionally male-dominated fish farming industry. Through the Women Economic Empowerment Programme launched by UN Women, these …
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The tea-pluckers with their wet-weather gear at Blue Field tea estate in Ramboda, Sri Lanka. Amid a looming food security crisis linked to Sri Lanka’s cost-of-living crunch, the country’s most vulnerable breadwinners wonder how much longer they can cope, as the Government battles the nation’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. November 2022. Credit: UN News/Daniel Johnson Opinion by …
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Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder and President of SOLA, speaks at the Women Deliver conference in Rwanda. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Aug 01 (IPS) – When providing education to her small group of Afghan girls, who had been studying at a boarding school back home, became tenuous, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, relocated them to …
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Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown. Credit: UN by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) – Civilian infrastructure is under attack in cities across Ukraine, and the need for long-term aid grows. However, the United Nations’ 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan for Ukraine is only 30 percent funded, the Humanitarian Coordinator …
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Credit: Angela Umoru-David Opinion by wgarcia (abuja) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Aug 01 (IPS) – Not all wars are fought on the battleground. The Cold War has taught us that certain wars could go on for decades, without overt violence. Perhaps, we are in the middle of another one with China as the new rival to the …
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Credit: Eswatini Government/Twitter Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 21 (IPS) – Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September. But there’s nothing remotely democratic in prospect. The country remains ruled by King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, who presides over Eswatini with an iron fist. Mswati dissolved parliament …
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In a statement, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator David Gressly said he was “shocked and deeply saddened by the appalling attack”, which occurred on Friday when unknown gunmen fired on the aid workers in the town of Turbah, located in Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen. Never a target Mr. Gressley said the entire UN family and humanitarian partners in the …
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