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Women Seek Permanent Seat at Peace Negotiations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) - When the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopted a landmark resolution on women, peace and security 15 years ago, that resolution was best known by its numerals: 1325.
Social Programmes Here to Stay in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 13 (IPS) - Above and beyond the uncertainty about the direction that Argentina's economy will take after the Oct. 25 presidential elections, the government's main social programmes, which have helped bring down poverty levels in the last decade, are definitely here to stay, no matter who is elected.
Opinion: India's Compact with Africa
- Inter Press Service
A New Framework in an Age of Migration
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 12 (IPS) - With the worldwide numbers of displaced people at all-time highs, migration has become the watchword for humanitarian crises.
Opinion: International Day of the Girl Must Start with Good Laws
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (IPS) - Everyday should be about girls, but yesterday, October 11, was dedicated especially to them. International Day of the Girl is yet another opportunity to put girls at center stage.
Pakistan Initiative Seeks to Improve Maternal-Child Care in Rural Areas
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - "We are extremely happy over the government's initiative to give money to the pregnant women and enable them to seek proper treatment," said Sharif Ahmed at a basic health unit (BHU), near Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
OPINION: Will African Leaders Fight for our Farmers?
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, Oct 11 (IPS) - Climate change is changing the world we know and love. Our land, homes and food are at risk. With nearly a billion people already living in poverty, it is also the single biggest threat to the fight against hunger.
ASEAN Agreement on Haze? As Clear as Smoke
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Oct 10 (IPS) - A regional agreement on managing transboundary haze caused by fires raging in Indonesia's forests and peatlands appears all but buried in the embers of frustration of its neighbouring countries.
Minorities Speak Out in Latin American Population Conference
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 10 (IPS) - "The countries of Latin America have not fully committed themselves to the international conventions and have not given indigenous peoples access. Nor have their contents been widely disseminated," to help people demand compliance and enforcement, said Guatemalan activist Ángela Suc.
Opinion: It’s gettin’ hot in here…so take back all your carbon
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 10 (IPS) - Africa is getting hot fast. Already battling against the impacts of climate change, temperatures in Africa will rise faster than any other continent. In fact, they are expected to exceed 2 C and may reach as high as 6 C greater than 20th century levels. These rapidly rising temperatures foreshadow increased drought, famine and disease. The most vulnerable populations – of which millions are smallholder farmers – need solutions, and they need them now.
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