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  1. Ukraine Shows Why the G20 Anti-Corruption Agenda Is More Important than Ever

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON DC, Mar 25 (IPS) - The world has quickly transitioned from a global health crisis to a geopolitical one, as the war in Ukraine rages into its second month. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest in a long list of challenges that at their heart are either caused by or exacerbated by corruption.

  2. We Must Do More to Remove People’s Negative Image of Leprosy from their DNA – Yohei Sasakawa

    - Inter Press Service

    Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 25 (IPS) - On a visit to Indonesia’s Papua Province, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa had dinner with a man forced from his village and living alone because he was affected by leprosy.

  3. Why Russia's War on Ukraine Poses a Risk to Global Food Security

    - Inter Press Service

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Mar 25 (IPS) - The writer is Research Fellow at the UK-based Institute of Development Studies and member of its Food Equity Centre.The situation in Ukraine is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, and the food security and wellbeing of the people of Ukraine should be our immediate concern. However, because of the dominant roles of Russia and Ukraine in global food, fuel and fertiliser markets, there are also massive knock-on effects for people around the world. This is particularly true for the supply and cost of food. Here are three ways that the invasion of Ukraine leads to potential risks to food security in other countries.

  4. As Yemen Continues to be Devastated in an eight-year-old Conflict, a UN Pledging Conference Attracts only one Arab Donor

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - When North and South Yemen merged into a single country ushering in the Republic of Yemen back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked with a tinge of sarcasm: “Two poor countries have now become one poor country.”

  5. Desalination Plants, a Solution and an Environmental Challenge for Chile

    - Inter Press Service

    LOS VILOS, Chile, Mar 24 (IPS) - The Pacific Ocean could quench the thirst caused by 10 years of drought in Chile, but the operation of desalination plants of various sizes has a long way to go to become sustainable and to serve society as a whole rather than just corporations.

  6. India's Gig Workers: Overworked and Underpaid

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW DELHI, Mar 24 (IPS) - According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the unemployment rate in urban India stood at 9.4 percent between January and March 2021, with an even higher proportion of youth unemployment (22.9 percent). In the same time period, more than 11 percent of the urban workforce reported working for less than 36 hours in a typical week.

  7. Ukraine war fueling global economic downturn as growth projections slide

    - UN News

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the “main contributing factor” to the potentially devastating one per cent drop in projected global economic growth this year, UN development economists UNCTAD said on Thursday, in the body’s latest global economic update.

  8. The Cost of War: 23 Million Afghans Suffer Acute Hunger, 95% Don't Eat Enough Food

    - Inter Press Service

    MADRID, Mar 24 (IPS) - Following 20 long years (2011-2021) of brutal war on Afghanistan by the US-led military coalition, which ended up in delivering the country to the Taliban in August 2021, 23 million Afghans now face severe and acute hunger, economic bankruptcy, healthcare system collapse, unbearable family indebtedness, and devastating humanitarian crisis.

  9. Al-Shamiya: When Adversity Becomes Inspiration

    - Inter Press Service

    CAIRO, Mar 24 (IPS) - When Suhier Abed’s husband broke both legs after falling two floors while working in construction, the 32-year-old mother of five needed to support her family.

  10. Water & Sanitation, a Better Future for Girls & our Planet

    - Inter Press Service

    DAKAR, Senegal, Mar 24 (IPS) - At the World Water Forum this week (March 21-26), the international community will raise awareness of the 2 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean water and sanitation. Among them are millions of women and girls, who walk hundreds of miles each year to find water for their families and are blocked from education and economic empowerment also due to poor sanitation services.

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