MADRID, Dec 22 (IPS) – Day after day, international humanitarian organisations launch desperate appeals for funding to continue saving some of the many lives at high risk. When they get a handful of dollars –even just one million– from a rich country, they welcome it as manna from heaven. Read the full story, “Forget About […]
Monthly Archives: December 2022
KABUL & ATHENS,
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Raising the Alarm on the Slow Pace of Family Law Reform
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec 22 (IPS) – The writer is Campaign Manager – Global Campaign for Equality in Family LawIn September 2021, in the midst of a pandemic-related lockdown, a 15-year-old Muslim girl from Colombo, Sri Lanka was married off by her relatives to a much older man. Read the full story, “Raising the Alarm […]
The Trap: A Journey from Afghanistan to Europe
KABUL & ATHENS, Dec 22 (IPS) – Maliha looks confident in a café in Athens as she tells the story of her journey from Afghanistan to Europe. But as she starts recounting how a smuggler assaulted her in Turkey two years ago, she pauses, looking the other way and fiddling with her loose hair. Read […]
BOA VISTA, Brazil,
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Gender Parity at the UN Willfully Ignores the Facts
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 21 (IPS) – There are two sides to the problem of Gender Parity at the United Nations. On the one hand, member states need to appoint more women to their senior ambassadorial ranks. There is always tremendous competition for the post of UN ambassador, especially if a member state is on the […]
The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, a Unique Part of Brazils Amazon Region
BOA VISTA, Brazil, Dec 21 (IPS) – “Roraima did not have a Caribbean character; now it does, because of its growing relations with Venezuela and Guyana,” said Haroldo Amoras, a professor of economics at the Federal University of this state in the extreme north of Brazil. Read the full story, “The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, […]
BOA VISTA, Brazil,
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Gender Parity at the UN Willfully Ignores the Facts
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 21 (IPS) – There are two sides to the problem of Gender Parity at the United Nations. On the one hand, member states need to appoint more women to their senior ambassadorial ranks. There is always tremendous competition for the post of UN ambassador, especially if a member state is on the […]
The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, a Unique Part of Brazils Amazon Region
BOA VISTA, Brazil, Dec 21 (IPS) – “Roraima did not have a Caribbean character; now it does, because of its growing relations with Venezuela and Guyana,” said Haroldo Amoras, a professor of economics at the Federal University of this state in the extreme north of Brazil. Read the full story, “The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, […]