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Frontex Mandate Expanded
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, May 16 (IPS) - The European Union plans to deploy 10 000 armed border guards by 2027 to patrol its land and sea borders. The force will have the power to use armed force on the EU's external borders.
Unlocking the Power of Women
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 15 (IPS) - Katja Iversen is the President and CEO of Women Deliver*
This June, thousands will flock to Vancouver for a global dialogue on how to accelerate progress for girls and women under the banner of power, progress and change.
Global Hunger Is Threatening Families Because of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya.
There is barely a corner of human life that will not be affected by climate change, and some of its impacts are already being felt. Consider this, 821 million people are now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting the hunger eradication goal, SDG 2, at risk.
Today 15 May, is the United Nations International Day of Families and the theme for this year is, ‘Families and Climate Action'.
Devastating Epidemic of Crime & Insecurity in Latin America & Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (IPS) - Luis Felipe López-Calva is UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Development is a very uneven process, accompanied by heterogeneity in outcomes across sectors, across regions and across income groups. Such process, Albert Hirschman elegantly established about 60 years ago, constantly generates tensions and demands for redistribution of resources and power. In this sense, conflict is inherent to development.
Bulgaria's Press Navigates Harassment & Threats in Pursuit of Stories
- Inter Press Service
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 14 (IPS) - Attila Mong* is a freelance journalist and Berlin-based correspondent for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Europe
In October 2018, Viktoria Marinova, a host for TVN, was raped and murdered near the station's studios. When CPJ's Europe correspondent, Attila Mong, spoke with her colleagues and other journalists during a trip to Bulgaria last month, they said that while they don't believe the attack is linked to Marinova's work, it has highlighted the dangers and pressures for investigative reporters.
Crammed in the small studio of TVN, a regional station in Ruse, north eastern Bulgaria, journalists share stories about their colleague, Viktoria Marinova. Barely six months ago, Marinova was raped and murdered not far from the station, while jogging on the banks of the Danube.
Privatization Solution Worse than Problem
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 14 (IPS) - In order to make the case for privatizing state-owned enterprises, their real problems were often exaggerated in order to make the case for privatization from the 1980s.
Privatization has not provided the miracle cure for the problems (especially inefficiencies) associated with the public sector. The public interest has rarely been well served by private interests taking over from the public sector. Growing concern over the mixed consequences of privatization has spawned research worldwide.
Spotlighting the ‘Abilities’ in ‘Disabilities’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (IPS) - The power of sport can help make global sustainable development a reality, and such power transcends cultural, linguistic and even physical barriers.
Urgent Action Vital to Stop Twin Crises of Nature’s Destruction & Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, May 13 (IPS) - Andrew Norton is Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' report on the global state of biodiversity is shocking but not entirely surprising. The question is, how much more evidence and repeated warnings will it take for governments, companies and financial institutions to wake up to the urgency and act?
America First as a Threat to Mulitlateralism
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, May 13 (IPS) - On 25 April, Joseph Biden announced his candidacy for the US presidency, declaring that his decision was based on fears of Trump being re-elected:
Internal Displacement “Deserves Visibility”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - More people are displaced inside their own countries than ever before, and only higher figures can be expected without urgent long-term action, a new report found.
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