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Call for Returnee Migrants to Join Forces to Fight Irregular Migration
- Inter Press Service
COTONOU, Benin, Mar 21 (IPS) - Elhadj Mohamed Diallo wants to make sure that others won't experience what he has lived through. The former irregular migrant who has returned home to Guinea from a jail in North Africa is calling on his fellow returnee migrants to establish associations in their respective countries, which will serve as powerful platforms to combat irregular migration across the continent.
9 of the 10 Worst Global Risks are Linked to Water
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 21 (IPS) - Jens Berggren is Spokesperson & Advisor at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Every year, the World Economic Forum asks some 1,000 decision-makers from the public sector, business, academia and civil society across the globe to assess the risks facing the world over the decade to come.
Did a Backlash Against Trump Trigger Historic Highs for US Women in Politics?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (IPS) - The dramatic increase in women legislators voted into office last November and the historic high of women candidates for the 2020 presidential elections have visibly changed the male-dominated political landscape in the US.
How One Kenyan Teacher is Lifting His Students Out of Poverty With Science
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Mar 20 (IPS) - Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Nakuru County, situated in a remote, semi-arid part of Kenya's Rift Valley, could pass for an ordinary secondary school in any part of Africa. But ordinary it is not.
Dismantling Patriarchy Must Begin at Home: A Reflection on Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
GABORONE, Botswana, Mar 20 (IPS) - Lorato Palesa Modongo* is co-founder of Teen Lead Botswana, which offers training and workshops to high school students on gender-based violence, consent, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), and leadership development.
This week, I joined thousands of activists, campaigners, thought-leaders, and change-makers in New York to advocate for women's rights and promote gender equality during the 63rd session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Depression Is More than a Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Canberra, Philadelphia and Manchester, Mar 20 (IPS) - Manoj K. Pandey is Lecturer in Economics, Australian National University; Vani S. Kulkarni is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; and Raghav Gaiha is (Hon. ) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester.
Depression is often distinguished from other non-communicable diseases or NCDs (e.g., cancer, diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases, hypertension) because of the stigma attached to it. Among other consequences, those suffering from depression are often denied access to medical care. Indeed, the latter is an outcome of interaction between supply of and demand for medical care. On the provider side, stigmatizing attitudes by service providers are identified as a barrier to access. On the demand side, stigma and low mental health literacy by community members are just as emphatically reported as barriers to accessing care.
UN’s Plan to Offshore Back-Office Jobs is Probably a Waste of Money
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - Ian Richards is President of the Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations, and an economist at UNCTAD.
A $64 million plan to move 750 back office jobs from the UN's main duty stations to four new centralized service centres in Budapest, Montreal, Nairobi and Shenzhen, could end up being a waste of money.
VIDEO: World Autism Awareness Day 2019 - Assistive Technologies, Active Participation
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 20 (IPS) - Awareness of Austism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has continued to grow worldwide, in recent years. But the number of diagnoses have continued to increase unabated.
VIDEO: Water for All - World Water Day 2019
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 19 (IPS) - Water is a precondition for human existence, and for the sustainability of our planet. It is entwined with almost everything human, from climate change and global economy to gender issues and human rights.
Climate Change Also Affects Mental Health in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 19 (IPS) - Minerva Montes lost her home on Holbox Island in 2005 when Hurricane Wilma hit the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. Rebuilding her home was quicker and easier than overcoming the psychological aftermath of the catastrophe.
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