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“Like a TripAdvisor for migrant workers”
- Inter Press Service
Oct 23 (IPS) - Millions of migrant workers depend on recruitment agencies to find employment abroad. But many offer dodgy jobs at a high cost. A new site, developed by the International Trade Union Confederation, allows migrant workers to tell each other which agencies to avoid."The idea is to integrate technology into the fight for workers' rights," says Ira Rachmawati. As project manager with ITUC's division for human and workers' rights, she has led the development of the digital tool Recruitment Advisor, which the global trade union confederation hopes will improve conditions for the world's 150 million migrant workers.
Did post-Soviet Russians drink themselves to death?
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (IPS) - Although initially obscured by The Economist, among others, the sudden and unprecedented increase in Russian adult male mortality during 1992-1994 is no longer denied. Instead, the debate is now over why?
Having advocated ‘shock therapy', a ‘big bang', ‘sudden' or rapid post-Soviet transition, Jeffrey Sachs and others have claimed that the sudden collapse in Russian adult male life expectancy was due to a sudden increase in alcohol consumption, playing into popular foreign images of vodka-binging Russian men.
Parliamentarians Promote Youth Investment in Kazakhstan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - Parliamentarians from 36 countries met this weekend in Astana, Kazakhstan, to discuss the future of youth in Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. The gathering called "International Conference on Investing on Youth: Leaving No One Behind" took place on the Oct. 19 to 20, and the goal was to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set by the United Nations, with regards to youth.
Despite Progress, Over 200 Million Women Still Waiting for Modern Contraception
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Canada, Oct 23 (IPS) - The international community will be commemorating two milestones in the history of population and development next year: the 50th anniversary of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the 25th anniversary of a Programme of Action (PoA) adopted at the1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo.
Honduran Migrant Caravan Moves Northwards, Defying all Obstacles
- Inter Press Service
TAPACHULA, Mexico, Oct 22 (IPS) - A long chain of people is winding its way along the highways of Chiapas, the southernmost Mexican state. It is moving fast, despite the fact that one-third of its ranks are made up of children, and it has managed to avoid the multiple obstacles that the governments of Honduras, Guatemala and now Mexico, under pressure from the United States, have thrown up in a vain effort to stop it.
Supporting Morocco’s Quest to Close USD24 Billion Green Investment Gap
- Inter Press Service
Solar Power Lights up the World’s Fastest-Growing Refugee Camp
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct 22 (IPS) - Dr Iftikher Mahmood is Founder and President, HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of BangladeshSolar energy has long powered homes, businesses and portable electronics. Now, it's powering a field hospital in the middle of the world's fastest-growing refugee camp.
Time for Global Collaboration to Address Pressing Issues of Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Canada, Oct 22 (IPS) - Dr Hedy Fry, PC MP, is a Trinidadian-Canadian politician and physician. She is currently the longest-serving female Member of Parliament, winning eight consecutive elections in the constituency of Vancouver Centre since the 1993 election, when she defeated incumbent Prime Minister Kim Campbell300 Parliamentarians from over 150 nations will meet, in Ottawa, to tackle one of the most serious global challenges facing humanity.
The International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Program of Action (IPCI), October 22-23, is a forum, for all global regions, to generate collective action on issues of population and development, specifically as they relate to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
Cuban Women, Vulnerable to Climate Change, in the Forefront of the Struggle
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 21 (IPS) - When people ask marine biologist Angela Corvea why the symbol of her environmental project Acualina, which has transcended the borders of Cuba, is a little girl, she answers without hesitation: "Because life, care, attachment, the creative force of life lie are contained in the feminine world."
The Right to Choose
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (IPS) - Reproductive choice can transform the world and our goals towards a sustainable society, a new report says.
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