https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/1 2021-04-21T03:40:31-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/21/276272021-04-21T05:51:27-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/woman-with-an-umbrella_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>MIDWAY, Utah USA, Apr 21 (IPS) - The writer holds physics M.S. and B.S. degrees from Georgia Tech and DePaul University and is the author of A Tale of Two Climates: One Real, One Imaginary. Preserving the beauty and wonder of our natural world for future generations should certainly be a goal everyone can get behind. While progress is often stymied by polarizing debates, clean air and water should be a priority for everyone.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/21/27627">Read the full story, “Earth Day 2021: Passing On a Cleaner World”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/276252021-04-20T10:26:14-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Mary-Njambi-now-takes-one-day-at-a-time-as-ghosts-from-her-traumatic-past-still-haunt-her.-Photo-Miriam-Gathaigah-475x472-475x472.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 20 (IPS) - Before Zimbabwe imposed lockdown measures last March as part of global efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Grace Mashingaidze* would attend workshops in Harare arranged by a nongovernmental organisation assisting trafficked women who had safely made it back home.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/27625">Read the full story, “COVID-19 Locks Down Therapy Support for Zimbabwes Trafficking Survivors”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/276142021-04-20T06:39:04-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Thousands-of-men_-100x100.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 20 (IPS) - The numbers are so staggering that is hardly imaginable striking a positive tone about the situation of child trafficking in Nepal and yet some positive developments are occurring here in a country that soon could be set to graduate from the group of least developing countries.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/27614">Read the full story, “Child Trafficking in South Asia Facilitated by Open Borders”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/276132021-04-20T06:09:20-07:00

<p>BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 (IPS) - Since the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was launched in 2006, yields have barely risen, while rural poverty remains endemic, and would have increased more if not for out-migration.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/20/27613">Read the full story, “Another False Start in Africa Sold with Green Revolution Myths”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/19/276152021-04-19T15:17:21-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Joseph-Lowasa-Baraka-in-his-vegetable-and-fruit-kiosk-in-Nairobi-1-629x419.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>NAIROBI, Apr 19 (IPS) - After Joseph Mandu lost his job because of the country’s coronavirus lockdown, he would still wake every morning and leave his home in the City Carton slum in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. But instead of heading to the restaurant he worked at as a pool-table attendant, he would walk around City Carton searching for odd jobs to earn an income so he could pay for the food his family needed to survive.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/19/27615">Read the full story, “Kenya's Poor Need Different Lockdown Restrictions to Survive, Scientists Urge”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/19/276052021-04-19T12:05:13-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/skilldevelopmentprgrammes-629x419.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>HYDERABAD, Telangana, India, Apr 19 (IPS) - India’s evolving Technical and Vocational Education and Training ecosystem (TVET) faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the national lockdown, organisations had to remain shut for 7-8 months, until September 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/19/27605">Read the full story, “Challenges with Skill Development Programmes During the Pandemic”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/19/276042021-04-19T09:22:04-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Samah-Ghalloussi_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>PARIS, Apr 19 (IPS) - This year's World Health Day on 7 April was an opportunity for three entrepreneurs to share their insights and reflections on a rather complex year due to the health crisis and comment on their experiences developing impactful products and services in this sector.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/19/27604">Read the full story, “A Growing New Health Crisis Focusing on Emergency Rooms, Medical History & Vaccines”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/16/275922021-04-16T07:02:00-07:00

<p>BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Apr 16 (IPS) - In this video Sam Olukoya interviews a young woman who was trafficked from her home in Nigeria after recruiters promised her a better life in Europe. Instead she was abandoned in Libya and sexually assaulted and abused.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/16/27592">Read the full story, “Trafficking Survivor & Son Born of Rape Face Daily Discrimination Upon Return to Nigeria”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/16/275912021-04-16T05:47:09-07:00

<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2021/04/Jody-Williams-won_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>STOCKHOLM, Apr 16 (IPS) - Landmines are among the most insidious and cruel weapons of all, because they do not distinguish between armed soldiers, civilians or even children.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/16/27591">Read the full story, “World Moving Towards a Devastating Marriage of Artificial Intelligence & Weapons of War”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/275902021-04-15T13:57:37-07:00

<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/10-12-2020_UNDP_Mongolia.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, with many lower-income countries now seeing development gains reversed.   </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2021/04/15/27590">Read the full story, “‘Inequality virus’ threatens ‘catastrophe for all’ unless crisis can be overcome together”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>