Global Issues
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Global Progress Against Child Labour ‘Ground to a Halt’ - UN Report
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, Jun 10 (IPS) - Malleshwar Rao, 27, spent his early years as a child labourer in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Soon after finishing school at a local ashram, where the children of poor parents, sex workers and orphans studied, the 9-year-old would rush to a local construction site to join his parents who would be toiling in the harsh tropical sun to construct buildings as daily wage earners. The supervisor would assign Rao simpler tasks and his extra income would help his parents feed him and his younger brother.
Investing in Lives & Livelihoods of Indias Women Crucial to Nations Full Recovery
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 10 (IPS) - Thousands of Indians have been affected by the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Not only those suffering from the disease, but also those who care for them.
From Climate Change to Covid, Are We Ready to Deal with Disasters?
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jun 10 (IPS) - In the last 20 years, disasters affected over 4 billion people. At global level we witness on average one sweeping disaster a day, the majority of which are floods and storms. From the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change, calamities are taking new shapes and sizes, infiltrating every dimension of society. From the emotional to the political, how do we deal with disasters? How can we create a whole-of-society approach to disaster risk reduction?
Nations Pledge to Tackle Inequalities as part of New Targets to end HIV/AIDS by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - World leaders, those on the frontlines of the AIDS response, civil society, academics and youth have agreed that there is no way to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 without tackling persistent inequalities among marginalised groups.
Damage to Coral Reefs Hurts Fishing Communities in Central America
- Inter Press Service
LOS CÓBANOS, El Salvador, Jun 09 (IPS) - As fisherman Luis Morán walked towards his small boat, which was floating in the water a few meters from the Salvadoran coast, he asked "How can the coral reefs not be damaged with such a warm sea?”
Inclusivity Is My Key to Success
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - In three cycles I spent all together more than 15 years in Rome, at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and between my last two assignments in Rome my responsibilities in Budapest included FAO related issues. This made it possible for me to witness the development of this organization under the leadership of four Directors-General. Edouard Saouma, Jacques Diouf, Jose Graziano da Silva and Qu Dongyu.
Nigerias Twitter Ban Is Part of a Larger Attack on Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 09 (IPS) - Four years ago, Omoregie* and his friends were arrested without cause and taken into custody. When they got to the station, Omoregie watched as the police began to beat his friends. Afraid, he began to discreetly tweet about the attacks as they took place.
Scream of the World: Volcanos and Earthquakes
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - In February the killing of the Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, in the vicinity of the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, did for a short while put the global spotlight on this troubled area, where warfare, poverty and general insecurity generate immense human suffering.
The 21st Century Nuclear Arms Race
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 09 (IPS) - A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending—following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent decision that their Doomsday Clock should be set as close as it has ever been to nuclear catastrophe, should serve as a wake up calls for humanity.
Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030
- UN News
Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, four decades ago, the UN General Assembly President said on Tuesday that the “tragic reality” is that the most vulnerable remain in jeopardy.
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