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  1. INDIA: Healthcare Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (IPS) - Public health specialists say that an ongoing wrangle between the Indian government and the World Health Organization (WHO) over the COVID-19 death toll in this country is symptomatic of a long-ailing public health delivery system.

  2. Digital tech investment, critical to workforce in least-developed nations

    - UN News

    Structural weaknesses in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have made them more vulnerable to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the current food and energy crises, and the situation could worsen if they do not fully participate in global recovery efforts. 

  3. Breaking Vicious Cycle of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation

    - Inter Press Service

    KIGALI, Apr 29 (IPS) - Desperate to escape the rural area where she was engaged in the informal economy in Kayonza, a district in Eastern Rwanda, Sharon* made a long and arduous journey to Kenya in the hope of a well-paid job.

  4. Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan

    - UN News

    With extreme heat gripping large parts of India and Pakistan, the two countries are working to roll out life-saving health action plans to combat the heatwave, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.

  5. Government Ministries Must Collaborate to End Teenage Pregnancy Crisis in Kenya

    - Inter Press Service

    Apr 29 (IPS) - The Ministry of Health in Kenya recently reported there were 45,754 cases of adolescent pregnancies between January and February this year - that translates to 700 cases a day. Of the total number, at least 2000 of these cases resulted from sexual and gender based violence (SGBV), a figure which is likely lower than the reality.

  6. Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples, the Last Custodians

    - Inter Press Service

    MADRID, Apr 29 (IPS) - Every now and then, experts remind that the Indigenous Peoples are the best (and last?) custodians of the essential web of life: biodiversity.

  7. UN Aims at People-Centered Governance in a Post-Pandemic World

    - Inter Press Service

    KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 29 (IPS) - The recently disseminated Zero Draft Ministerial Declaration of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)-- the main UN event to track the member states’ progress to achieve the Agenda 2030 slated to be held in the first half of July-- is a disappointment.

  8. World Press Freedom Faces a Perfect Storm

    - Inter Press Service

    TORONTO, Canada, Apr 29 (IPS) - Empowered by a global pandemic and the drum beats of war, the strongest despots are growing more despotic, and criminal cartels even more brazen in their violence. Extremists of various hues are also stepping out of the shadows. Just when the world most needs press freedom to thrive, the liberties that societies only really treasure when they are emasculated are coming under more pressure from different directions, old and new.

  9. General Assembly reviews global progress towards sustainable urbanization

    - UN News

    With six in 10 people expected to be living in cities by the end of the decade, the UN General Assembly met on Thursday to examine progress towards implementing a 2016 framework on sustainable urbanization. 

  10. Tech needs girls, and girls need tech

    - UN News

    More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the digital world. Marking International Girls in ICT Day, on Thursday, UN agencies have issued a call to action to ensure equal access to digital learning opportunities.

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