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By Thalif Deen   A view of the Earth and a satellite as seen from outer space. Credit: NASA via UN News UNITED NATIONS, May 7 2024 (IPS) – When the 15-member UN Security Council failed last month to adopt […]

By Inés M. Pousadela     MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 6 2024 (IPS) – On 22 April, Dominica’s High Court struck down two sections of the country’s Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual same-sex relations, finding them unconstitutional. This made Dominica […]

    Apr 29 2024 –   Amy Clarke is Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer of the multi award-winning Tribe Impact Capital, a dedicated impact wealth manager and B Corps, based in London. She has over 29 years of experience […]

By Tanka Dhakal and Diwash Gahatraj   Climate change-induced flooding has devastated the lives of people living on the Indian and Nepalese sides of the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Although the floods have destroyed their lives and livelihoods, as this cross-border […]

By Anne Larigauderie BONN, Germany, Apr 26 2024 (IPS) – In December 2022, the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) saw governments worldwide unite behind a set of ambitious targets aimed […]

By Andrew Firmin      Credit: Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images LONDON, Apr 25 2024 (IPS) – A group of senior Swiss women recently won a powerful victory offering renewed hope for tackling climate change. Earlier this month, the European […]

By Mandeep S.Tiwana     Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas NEW YORK, Apr 22 2024 (IPS) – Today, the spectre of a major regional conflict, and even a possible nuclear conflagration, looms large in the Middle East. Despite stark warnings issued […]

By Thalif Deen     Analysts say the film Oppenheimer would have benefitted from showing the impact on those the bombs were unleashed upon. Credit: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 2024 (IPS) – […]

By Thalif Deen     India has surpassed China as the world’s most populous country. Credit: Unsplash/Andrea Leopardi UNITED NATIONS, Apr 5 2024 (IPS) – As the world commemorates the 30th anniversary of the landmark International Conference on Population and […]

By Naureen Hossain      Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, gives the keynote address at the 8th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (ICPD). Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS OSLO, Apr […]

By Jan Lundius   Ahead of the Dominican Republic’s elections, IPS spoke to Miguel Ceara Hatton, Dominican Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, about the challenges of protecting the environment as climate change and social change impact it. The island […]

By Julie Topf and Gabriela Arnal     The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon. Credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer NEW YORK, Apr 4 […]

By Alison Kentish   The Ocean Frontier Institute is hosting the fourth Nippon Foundation-Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography. The immersive programme is empowering scholars and advancing ocean research. Ten ambitious scholars have […]

By Manipadma Jena Women in Ahmedabad slums work from home at tailoring, embroidery, kite-making, snack-making, or running grocery shops, micro-retailing vegetables and flowers, with little respite from the brutal heat waves that have been steadily worsening. Until now… Seema Mali […]

By Inés M. Pousadela     Credit: Silvana Flores/AFP via Getty Images MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 18 2024 (IPS) – Global progress on gender rights has slowed almost to a halt. After decades of steady progress, demands for the rights of […]

By Naureen Hossain     Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine; Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait; and Yevhen Kudriavets, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, address a briefing on funding for […]

By Joyce Chimbi  As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, IPS brings a story of women who are both creating economic opportunities for themselves and helping to reduce the impact of climate change. Seaweed farming using the off-bottom seaweed farming […]

By Joyce Chimbi     Seventeen-year-old Fatimah receives vocational training at Gonidamgari Primary School in Maiduguri, North-East Nigeria. Thanks to Education Cannot Wait investments, girls like Fatimah, who had never been enrolled in school, are now able to attend a […]

By Andrew Firmin   Credit: Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images LONDON, Feb 26 2024 (IPS) – Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine marked its second anniversary on 24 February. And while civil society is offering an immense voluntary effort in Ukraine, […]

By Joyce Chimbi Fish vanished from the sea near Tsunza, a village on Kenya’s coast, after several oil spills between 2003 and 2006. The impact of this and the vanishing mangroves badly affected the livelihoods of women. Now they are […]

By Guy Dinmore     Dr Ismahane Elouafi looks at cassava plantlets “grown in boxes” in a mass propagation facility in IITA, Ibadan. Credit: IITA BANGKOK , Feb 19 2024 (IPS) – Dr Ismahane Elouafi has her work cut out. […]

By Andrew Firmin     Credit: Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images LONDON, Feb 1 2024 (IPS) – The military must have expected an easier ride. Three years ago, it ousted Myanmar’s democratically elected government. But the coup has been met with fierce […]

By Robert Kibet Rural Kenyans are forging a path toward a more sustainable future and protecting their lives and livelihoods from climate change through regenerative agriculture, nurturing hope for their communities and the environment.   Yvonne Atieno cares for fish […]

By Inés M. Pousadela     Credit: Emmanuel Andres/AFP via Getty Images MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 18 2024 (IPS) – Guatemala’s new president, Bernardo Arévalo, was expected to be sworn in on 14 January at 2pm –the 14th at 14:00, as […]

By Asif Saleh Asif Saleh, Executive Director, BRAC   A farmer tending to her vegetable field in Bangladesh. Women make up 58% of Bangladesh’s agricultural workforce. Credit: BRAC DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 19 2024 (IPS) – Half the world eats rice. […]

By Joyce Chimbi     Transforming food systems is key to solving food insecurity on the African continent. A powerful and unified effort is needed to ensure food systems are transformed to be robust enough to support the population. Credit: […]

By Inés M. Pousadela     Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters via Gallo Images MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 16 2024 (IPS) – Iran’s time of public rebellion has ended. The protesters marching, chanting, and dancing under the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ banner have long […]

By Ranjit Devraj     A woman is advised by a BLAST counsellor. The organization offers legal support, including providing information, advice, and free legal representation. Credit: BLAST NEW DELHI, Dec 21 2023 (IPS) – Criminal justice systems in South […]

By Busani Bafana  Having this stove has made life easy for me; I do not worry about getting a lot of firewood to cook outside, and I have more time to do other tasks because cooking is less of a […]

By Jan Lundius The climate is warming up because we are accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, and all else results from this! So, having a global climate meeting that cannot agree on having this stated […]