News stories by Paula Fray

  1. Business Unusual: Valuing Water for a Sustainable Future

    - Inter Press Service

    JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (IPS) - Valuing water is more than simply assigning costs to a scare resource - it is an essential step for transforming water governance to meet the needs of a prosperous future.

  2. Valuing Water Beyond the Money

    - Inter Press Service

    JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (IPS) - Amid the worst drought in a century, South Africans are kick-starting a global consultative process to agree on the values of water in a bid to ensure more equitable use of the finite resource.

  3. MALAWI: Changing the Face of Politics

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The face of politics is changing in the southern African country of Malawi. And civil society is making plans to ensure that it changes even more.

  4. AFRICA: A Loud and Clear No to Violence Against Women

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Poet activist Myesha Jenkins’ voice reverberated through the hall: 'Women are out in the night; we are cleaning the streets, some are walking the streets...'

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