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Building Climate Resilience in Coastal Communities of the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
NEGRIL, Jamaica, Aug 24 (IPS) - Ceylon Clayton is trying to revive a sea moss growing project he and friends started a few years ago to supplement their dwindling earnings as fishermen.
Fighting Oppression in Iran, One App at a Time
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 23 (IPS) - United For Iran, a non profit group based in Berkeley, recently rolled out its latest mobile app Michka to open discussions about child sexual abuse in Iran, where treading into the topic is deemed as taboo.
Lebanon Joins Jordan and Tunisia in Fight Against Rapists Impunity
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 23 (IPS) - The top United Nations human rights official hailed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that used to allow rapists to avoid criminal prosecution by marrying their victims.
Disaster Strikes Freetown - over 400 Dead and 600 Still Missing
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Aug 23 (IPS) - In the early hours of Monday morning, August 14, torrential rains hit Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital city. Several areas of the city were flooded, as houses were either partially submerged under water or destroyed.
2017 World Water Week: ‘Water and Waste: Reduce and Reuse’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 22 (IPS) - With a growing global population, a rise in energy and industrial production, the demand for water is reaching new levels.
Jordan Abolishes Law Allowing Rapists to Avoid Prosecution
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 22 (IPS) - In just three weeks time, two Arab countries adopted major steps to combat violence against women, with Jordan abolishing a law allowing rapists to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims, while Tunisia adopting its first national law to prevent gender-based violence and provide support to survivors.
Quantitative Easing for Wealth Redistribution
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (IPS) - Following the 2007-2008 global financial crisis and the Great Recession in its wake, the ‘new normal' in monetary policy has been abnormal. At the heart of the unconventional monetary policies adopted have been ‘asset purchase' or ‘quantitative easing' (QE) programmes. Ostensibly needed for economic revival, QE has redistributed wealth – regressively, in favour of the rich.
Buffalo Revive Local Economy in Remote Bay of Bengal Islands
- Inter Press Service
BHOLA, Bangladesh, Aug 22 (IPS) - Visitors might be confused after arriving in Char Chatkimarai, a tiny island of eight square miles situated in the extreme south of Bangladesh close to the Bay of Bengal. Many might think they have just landed in an amazing part of a big national park of buffalo.
Who is Latin America Leaving Behind?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - Last month at the High Level Political Forum in New York, more than 40 countries - 11 from Latin America and the Caribbean - shared their progress in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), within the new 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Internet Shutdowns in Africa Stifling Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (IPS) - "The internet for journalism is now like the air you breathe," said Befeqadu Hailu, an Ethiopian journalist and a member of the Zone 9 blogger collective who was arrested in April 2014 and charged with terrorism. "Without the internet, modern journalism means nothing." Yet, the internet is something that journalists in multiple African countries are often forced to do without.
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