Monthly Archives: March 2022
International Women’s Day, 2022 – Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow
DUBLIN, Mar 07 (IPS) – Women are already leaders on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Sisters Nina and Helena Gualinga of the Kichwa Sarayaku community in Ecuador work tirelessly to protect Indigenous land. Archana Soreng from the indigenous Khadia tribe in Odisha, India is a talented climate researcher and advisor to the United Nations Secretary General. Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate is encouraging a whole generation of young people to fight for their right to a safe future. There are thousands of other women and girls working tirelessly to protect our planet whose names I do not know but who deserve to be acknowledged this International Women’s Day too.
GENEVA, Mar 07 (IPS
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Russia sets cease-fire for evacuations amid heavy shelling
A third round of talks is planned for Monday as some of the evacuation routes would funnel civilians toward Russia or its ally Belarus.
(Image credit: Visar Kryeziu/AP)
A Tale of Two Refugee Crises
GENEVA, Mar 07 (IPS) – Russia’s brutal and devastating invasion of Ukraine has triggered the largest and fastest refugee movement in Europe since World War II. After only a single week, more than one million people are had already fled the country.
Read the full story, “A Tale of Two Refugee Crises”, on globalissues.org →
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A cease-fire to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol fails again
It was the second day in a row that a cease-fire to allow the evacuation of civilians from the port city fell apart.