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Gender Inequality and Oppression of Women: A Survivor’s Story
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 27 (IPS) - "What do you think happens to kerosene when it is poured on your head?" Surya stumbles as she speaks to IPS. "It goes down, it goes trickling down."
When someone speaks to a burn victim, one naturally feels shocked, sad, and sympathetic. But in talking to Surya, who has the major part of her body burned, the feelings were of hope and inspiration. How is it possible to survive this trauma and still have so much love and joy to share?
If UN is Working “Full Throttle” While Locked Down, Shouldn’t Most Staffers Work from Home –Permanently?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 (IPS) - When the coronavirus pandemic delivered a mortal blow to the United States, grounding the country to a virtual standstill and throwing its economy into a deep recession, hundreds and thousands were forced to work "remotely" while offices remained shuttered, beginning late March.
Three Steps for Leaders to Tackle Covid and Climate Emergency
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 24 (IPS) - Dr David Nabarro is Special Envoy to the World Health Organisation on COVID-19 and Strategic Director of 4SD. He sets out his challenge to leaders to use COVID-19 as an opportunity for radical change that responds to the needs and the interests of all of humanity.
- Countries must work together
- Focus on equity
- Effective local action
Trump the Wannabe Dictator
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 24 (IPS) - I, like many of my fellow Americans, am extremely concerned about Trump's dictatorial tendencies. Given his behavior – what he said and did over the past four years – he may well act on some of these tendencies, especially if he loses the election by a narrow margin.
It was Meant to Be a Ground-breaking Year for Gender Equality but COVID-19 Widened Inequalities
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Australia, Jul 24 (IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Suhana Khan had just completed her grade 10 exams in March, when India imposed a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Since then, she has been spending her mornings and evenings doing household chores, from cooking and cleaning to fetching drinking water from the tube well.
Marking 75 Years of the Charter of the United Nations
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 23 (IPS) - The Charter of the United Nations has been a constant presence in my life.
Involve Marginalized Groups to Make Food Systems More Climate-Resilient
- Inter Press Service
ROTTERDAM/THE HAGUE, Jul 23 (IPS) - At last week's 2020 High Level Political Forum (HLPF), UN member states discussed how to get back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. They focused on a dire need for "accelerated action and transformative pathways to realize the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development."
As COVID-19 Cases Rise, African Countries Grapple with Safely Easing Lockdowns
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 23 (IPS) - Re-opening economies is a tough balancing act between keeping people safe from the virus while ensuring they can still make a living.
Some four months after the first COVID-19 case in Africa was reported in Egypt, countries on the continent are beginning to ease public health and social measures, such as lockdowns and curfews, imposed to curb the spread of the pandemic.
Covid-19 Compounds Developing Country Debt Burdens
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 23 (IPS) - Covid-19 is expected to take a heavy human and economic toll on developing countries, not only because of contagion in the face of weak health systems, but also containment measures which have precipitated recessions, destroying and diminishing the livelihoods of many.
Research Provides the Bricks and Mortar for Our Food Systems to ‘Build Back Better’
- Inter Press Service
MONTPELLIER, France, Jul 22 (IPS) - Elwyn Grainger-Jones is the Executive Director of the CGIAR System Organization.The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the structural weaknesses of today's food systems, showing how quickly global networks of food production, trade and supply can waver under the impact of a single disease.
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