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Syrian Government to Allow Aid, Loosening the Stranglehold on Madaya
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 08 (IPS) - The Syrian government says it will allow humanitarian aid into the besieged rebel-held town of Madaya, according to the United Nations, following reports and horrific pictures of residents starving to death. Aid is expected to reach the area by Monday, but for some it is too little and too late.
Cash for the Climate Please, Caribbean Leaders Lament
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Jan 08 (IPS) - Funding to address the financial flows needed for adaptation and mitigation of climate change remains an issue of concern for the Caribbean.
India Needs to “Save its Daughters” Through Education and Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jan 08 (IPS) - Women constitute nearly half of the country's 1.25 billion people and gender equality -- whether in politics, economics, education or health -- is still a distant dream for most. This fact was driven home again sharply by the recently released United National Development Programme's Human Development Report (HDR) 2015 which ranks India at a lowly 130 out of 155 countries in the Gender Inequality Index (GII). India trails behind most Asian countries, including lesser developed Bangladesh and Pakistan which rank 111 and 121 respectively, and fares not much ahead of war-ravaged Afghanistan at 152.
Soy Boom Revives Amazon Highway
- Inter Press Service
MIRITITUBA, Brazil, Jan 08 (IPS) - The BR-163 highway, an old dream of the Brazilian military to colonise the Amazon jungle, was revived by agroexporters as part of a plan aimed at cutting costs by shipping soy out of river ports. But the improvement of the road has accentuated problems such as deforestation and land tenure, and is fuelling new social conflicts.
Detained, Female and Dying: Why Prisons Must Treat Women’s Medical Needs
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jan 07 (IPS) - It is a grim fact that prisoners in most countries suffer from poorer health than non-prisoners, and that their right to health is not always protected. But for certain groups these rights can be even more elusive. Such is the case for women.
Wrong Time of the Month: a Rights Gap for Developing Countries’ Girls
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 07 (IPS) - The onset of menstruation is a landmark event in the life of a young woman. Yet many complications and challenges accompany such an event. One in 10 adolescent girls miss school and eventually drop out due to menstruation-related issues.
Caribbean Journalists Prepare to Report on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
SANTO DOMINGO, Jan 06 (IPS) - Environmentally committed journalists in the Caribbean point to a major challenge for media workers: communicating and raising awareness about the crucial climate change agreement that emerged from the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris.
Floods Pose Challenge to South American Integration
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 04 (IPS) - The flooding that has affected four South American countries has underscored the need for an integrated approach to addressing the causes and effects of climate change.
2015 - A Giant Leap for Womankind (Part 2)
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 04 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of escalating extremism and conflict globally, 2015 also marked the 15th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 on Women and Peace and Security (WPS ) with a Global Study and Review on its effective implementation strongly addressing the impact of conflict on women and their essential role in conflict prevention, peacemaking and peace building. The landmark UNSC resolution 2242 (October 2015) calls for effective and accelerated implementation of the WPS Agenda by all actors.
CPJ: Two Thirds of 2015 Journalist Deaths were Acts of Reprisal
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 01 (IPS) - Of the 69 journalists who died on the job in 2015, 40 per cent were killed by Islamic militant groups like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Startlingly more than two-thirds were targeted for murder, according to a special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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