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The Role of Civil Society in Times of Crisis
- Inter Press Service
RAJASMAND, RAJASTHAN, India, May 08 (IPS) - The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown us something that most of us haven't seen in our lifetimes: Large numbers of people unable to have two meals a day.
Religion & its Discontents: Considerations Around COVID-19 & Africa
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 08 (IPS) - COVID-19 has spread to many nations around the world, and has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. In the global south, the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched the available medical and health resources, triggered economic shocks, and caused social upheavals and insecurity in many countries and localities.
Black Americans are Bearing the Brunt of Coronavirus Recession – This Should Come as no Surprise
- Inter Press Service
May 07 (IPS) - As the COVID-19 pandemic worsened in April, many Americans were shocked by the extent that black Americans were being disproportionately impacted: higher infection rates, more deaths and greater job loss.
But many black Americans were not surprised.
COVID-19 & Human Health Risks Linked to Wildlife Trade Practices
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, UK, May 07 (IPS) - At the time of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic is raging worldwide, causing human mortality and socio-economic disruption on a massive scale and it appears highly likely that profound impacts will continue for many years to come.
Time for the World Bank and IMF to Be the Solution, Not the Problem
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti and BOSTON, May 07 (IPS) - The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have a historic opportunity to help stabilize a world reeling from COVID-19. Doing so will require the institutions to change course and aggressively support poor countries' ability to invest broadly in the government services their populations need.
World’s Poor Hit by Double Jeopardy: a Deadly Virus & a Devastating Debt Burden
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - The world's poorer nations, reeling under an unrelenting attack on their fragile economies by the COVID-19 pandemic, have suffered an equally deadly body blow: being buried under heavy debt burdens.
Coronavirus Hasn´t Slowed Down Ecological Women Farmers in Peru's Andes Highlands
- Inter Press Service
HUASAO, Peru, May 06 (IPS) - It's eight o'clock in the morning and Pascuala Ninantay is carrying two large containers of water in her wheelbarrow to prepare with neighbouring women farmers 200 litres of organic fertiliser, which will then be distributed to fertilise their crops, in this town in the Andes highlands of Peru.
Enforced Disappearances, Arbitrary Detentions, Hate Speech & Attacks on Civilians - ICC Report on Libya
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday highlighted crimes against humanity and grave mismanagement of the law in Libya during a release of their latest report on the North African nation.
Polio, Measles Outbreaks ‘Inevitable’, Say Vaccine Experts
- Inter Press Service
May 06 (IPS) - Interruptions to vaccination programmes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could result in new waves of measles or polio outbreaks, health experts warn.
COVID-19 Pandemic Vulnerable to Exploitation by Proliferators, Terrorists & Criminals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 06 (IPS) - Even during this pandemic, perhaps especially during this pandemic, the global institutions to help prevent the spread of biological and chemical weapons to proliferators or terrorists must continue their work.
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