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Monthly Archives: September 2022
UNs High-Level Meeting of World Leaders Falls Short of Gender Empowerment
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) – When the UN’s high-level meeting of world leaders concluded last week, the head count seemed lopsided: 190 speakers, including 76 Heads of State, 50 Heads of Government, 4 Vice-Presidents, 5 Deputy Prime Ministers, 48 Ministers and 7 Heads of Delegations—overwhelmingly male. Read the full story, “UNs High-Level Meeting of […]
Annexation of a States Territory is a Violation of the Charter & International Law, Warns UN Chief
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) – The Kremlin has announced that a ceremony will take place Friday in Moscow that will launch a process of annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Read the full story, “Annexation of a States Territory is a Violation of the Charter & International Law, Warns […]
Johannesburg, Sep 2
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Nepal Government, UN Agency Seek Investors for Latest Cash Crop to Boom in Country’s East
SALAKPUR, Nepal, Sep 29 (IPS) – Two and a half hours’ drive north from Kakarbhitta, Nepal’s eastern-most border crossing with giant neighbour India, lies the hilly hamlet of Salakpur where lives Kaushila Moktan, a famed farmer of large cardamom. Read the full story, “Nepal Government, UN Agency Seek Investors for Latest Cash Crop to Boom […]
Poverty Impacts on Efforts to End Child Marriage, say Parliamentarians
Johannesburg, Sep 29 (IPS) – Child marriage continues to be a scourge in many African countries – despite legislation and efforts of many, including parliamentarians, to keep girls in school and create brighter futures for them. This was the view of participants in a recent webinar held under the auspices of the African Parliamentary Forum […]
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Hard Hit By Climate Change, Villagers Raise a Forest on Their Own
Sep 28 (IPS) – Some ten years ago, Sheemanto Chatri, a 39-year-old farmer hailing from India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya, was reeling with distress. The unseasonal rainfall had washed away all the crops he had cultivated after year-long labor in his far-off hamlet. Read the full story, “Hard Hit By Climate Change, Villagers Raise a […]
Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in African Cities
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sep 29 (IPS) – Equity and justice feature prominently in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th (IPCC) Assessment Report Working Group II, published in 2022. The report focuses on the impacts of climate change, as well as vulnerability and adaptation. Read the full story, “Climate Action Plans Could Help Address […]
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