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Criminality, School Dropout and Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 04 (IPS) - I assume it was the Swedish author Stieg Larsson´s Millenium trilogy (2005-2007) that generated the popularity of Scandinavian Crime Fiction, as well numerous movies and TV-series that followed in its wake. A typical Nordic Noir novel takes place within a gloomy landscape of dreary towns, or a semi-deserted countryside, where under the thin surface of an apparently well-ordered society, murder, misogyny, rape, racism and international crime syndicates are thriving.
Living with Leprosy on the Climate-Vulnerable Kiribati Island Atolls
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Mar 04 (IPS) - Kurarenga Kaitire lives in Kiribati—one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations. Already vulnerable to nature, the 29-year-old mother of five has faced a series of vulnerabilities over the past decade, including facing social stigma and domestic abuse.
Three Ex-UN Leaders Form Women’s Group to Save Multilateralism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) - Dulcie Leimbach* was a fellow of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the Graduate Center of CUNY from 2012 to 2017. She is the founder of PassBlue, for which she edits and writes, covering primarily the United Nations, West Africa, peacekeeping operations and women's issues.
As multilateralism takes a beating from President Trump amid the "new world disorder," as one European diplomat put it, three women who know the United Nations inside and out through previous top leadership jobs have originated a Group of Women Leaders for Change and Inclusion.
Building Successful Social Enterprises
- Inter Press Service
Mar 04 (IPS) - Marie Lisa Dacanay is the president of Manila–based Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia. With 20 years of experience in development management, social entrepreneurship and enterprise development, Dacanay is also a university professor and an acclaimed author with several books on social entrepreneurship in Asia.
Leprosy Survivor Creates Hope and Support for Others Affected by Disease
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Mar 04 (IPS) - When Ariel Lazarte from Quezon City, Philippines, was first diagnosed with leprosy in 2014, his life seemed as if it were falling apart. But now more than four years later Lazarte's life is a huge contrast from the poverty and isolation he experienced as a person affected by leprosy.
Violence Fuels Mobilisation by Women against Brazil's Anti-Gender Equality Government
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 04 (IPS) - This article is part of IPS's coverage of International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8.
Crime, a key issue in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's election in Brazil, has a dimension that is gaining in visibility and could turn against his government: gender violence.
Saving for a 'Rainy Day' Takes on New Meaning in Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTOWN, Mar 04 (IPS) - In the tiny eastern Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, proverbs relating to the weather are very common.
Everyone knows that "Who has cocoa outside must look out for rain", has nothing to do with the drying of the bean from which chocolate is made or the sudden downpours common in this tropical nation.
Q&A: We Need a Holistic Approach to Eradicate Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Mar 03 (IPS) - Dr. Maria Francia Laxamana is the Assistant Secretary in the Philippines ministry of health. With nearly two decades of work both as a senior government official and also as an expert in several non-government organisations, Laxamana has deep insight into the issue of leprosy in this Southeast Asian nation and the challenges faced by those who are affected by the disease.
A Leprosy-free Philippines by 2020?
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Mar 03 (IPS) - Dr Maria Francia Laxamana, assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health, Philippines outlines her recommendations for a leprosy country by 2020.
Capacity Building the Key to Fighting Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Mar 03 (IPS) - Strengthening the participation of persons affected by leprosy, or SPP, has proven to be an effective strategy in reaching out to often isolated sufferers in local communities throughout Asia. A significant challenge to civil society organisations, however, is finding enough management talent to maintain and expand the programmes.
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