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OPINION: Stand in Solidarity with Courageous Women’s Human Rights Defenders
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 02 (IPS) - Almost two decades ago, in Beijing, 189 countries made a commitment to achieve equality for women, in practice and in law, so that all women could at last fully enjoy their rights and freedoms as equal human beings.
Will Rollout of Green Technologies Get a Boost at Lima Climate Summit?
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 02 (IPS) - The road towards a green economy is paved with both reward and risk, and policymakers must seek to balance these out if the transition to low-carbon fuel sources is to succeed on the required scale, climate experts say.
Ebola Overshadows Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Dic 01 (IPS) - The outbreak of the deadly Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone has dwarfed the campaign against HIV/AIDS, to the extent that patients no longer go to hospitals and treatment centres out of fear of contracting the Ebola virus.
First Phase of Global Fracking Expansion: Ensuring Friendly Legislation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 01 (IPS) - Multinational oil and gas companies are engaged in a quiet but broad attempt to prepare the groundwork for a significant global expansion of shale gas development, according to a study released Monday.
OPINION: Climate Justice Is the Only Way to Solve Our Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Dic 01 (IPS) - In November, the world's top climate scientists issued their latest warning that the climate crisis is rapidly worsening on a number of fronts, and that we must stop our climate-polluting way of producing energy if we are to stand a chance of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.
HIV Prevention is Failing Young South African Women
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Dic 01 (IPS) - When she found out that she had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Thabisile Mkhize (not her real name) was scared.
Illegal Logging Wreaking Havoc on Impoverished Rural Communities
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Dic 01 (IPS) - Rampant unsustainable logging in the southwest Pacific Island states of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, where the majority of land is covered in tropical rainforest, is worsening hardship, human insecurity and conflict in rural communities.
When Social Unrest Vents Itself on Migrants
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 30 (IPS) - "It's like putting explosive, gasoline and matches all in one shed. These are things that should be stored in separated places."
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 29 (IPS) - Although it is one of the victims of global warming, water will not be given a place of importance at the COP20 climate change conference to be held Dec. 1-12 in Lima, Peru.
Citizens of the World, Unite!
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - As politics, economies, conflicts and cultures become increasingly intertwined, will individual identities also begin to transcend national boundaries?
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