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Teachers Shoulder the Burden: Improving Support in Crisis Contexts
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 05 (IPS) - Teachers are at the heart of children and young peoples' educational experiences. Teachers play multiple roles in their students' lives by supporting their learning, providing them with inclusive and safe environments to grow and develop, and helping them become more confident as they make their way in the world.
As we commemorate World Teachers' Day on Monday, 5 October and its theme--Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future--we must recognize the inspiring and transformative role that teachers working in armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate change induced disasters and protracted crises play in their students' lives.
Nepal Moves Against Acid Attacks on Women
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU. Nepal, Oct 05 (IPS) - After a prolonged lobbying campaign, the Government of Nepal recently took some important actions against perpetrators of acid attacks while offering better provisions to support the process of rehabilitation of their victims.
Energy Transition and Post-Covid Recovery, a Challenge for Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 02 (IPS) - The way forward for energy transition and its link to an economic recovery after the depression caused by the covid-19 pandemic is focusing attention in Latin America and Europe, according to the 2nd Madrid Energy Conference (MEC), which concluded this Friday 2.
Nepal Is a Model for Vulture Conservation
- Inter Press Service
NAWALPARASI, Lumbiniī, Nepal, Oct 02 (IPS) - Vultures get a lot of bad press. Unlike other birds which are praised for their melodious song or bright plumage, vultures have been traditionally reviled for feeding greedily on carcasses, and what many see is as a repulsive look. In many cultures, they are considered an ill omen and the Nepali language has many derogatory phrases.
Sustainability of Zimbabwe’s Natural Food Sources take a Knock Amid Growing Economic Crisis
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 02 (IPS) - Sarudzai Moyo, a former teacher, has begun a new career as a fishmonger. Once a week she makes the 450km journey from Bulawayo to Binga, on the shores of Lake Kariba, where she buys between 100 and 150 kilograms of fish for resale as the demand for cheaper dietary options increase in Zimbabwe.
A Feminist Perspective from Middle East & North Africa on the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Oct 02 (IPS) - Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, feminists across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been increasingly shedding light on the global shifts that will shape the Future of Work. From their perspective, those shifts would mainly be driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the impact of climate change and the looming global care crisis.
The Key to Peace in the Lake Chad Area Is Water, Not Military Action
- Inter Press Service
YOLA, Nigeria, Oct 02 (IPS) - Lake Chad is an extremely shallow water body in the Sahel. It was once the world's sixth largest inland water body with an open water area of 25,000 km2 in the 1960s, it shrunk dramatically at the beginning of the 1970s and reduced to less than 2,000 km2 during the 1980s, decreasing by more than 90% its area. It is one of the largest lakes in Africa. It is an endorheic lake – meaning that it doesn't drain towards the ocean.
Restoring Ecosystems After Fire and Flooding: Forget Not the Beneficial Soil Microbes
- Inter Press Service
ILLINOIS, United States, Oct 01 (IPS) - Recent months have brought all sorts of climate-linked disasters, from raging wildfires in California and Oregon to flooding in Alabama. As we think of the incalculable losses that are associated with these extremities linked to the changing climate, I cannot help but think of the belowground web of life that is burning, being flooded and washed away, affected, or lost.
Covid-19 Deaths: 1 Million and Surging
- Inter Press Service
We Need Nature and Biodiversity if We Want a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 01 (IPS) - "Investing in nature is investing in a sustainable future," was one of the key messages from yesterday's first-ever United Nations Summit on Biodiversity where world leaders and experts agreed on the urgency to act swiftly to preserve biodiversity globally.
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