News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 128
International Women’s Day, 2022 - Collective Solutions to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 02 (IPS) - The devastating effects of climate change continue to disproportionately affect women and girls in the poorest regions, who have contributed the least to global warming.
Gender Lens Crucial to Leaving No-one Behind (Part 2)
- Inter Press Service
Johannesburg, Feb 28 (IPS) - A crucial two-day meeting of Parliamentarians from the Asian, Arab and African regions will put human-rights-based legislative frameworks under the spotlight as the regions work to implement the ICPD Programme of Action.
6 in 7 People Worldwide Experience ‘High Levels of Insecurity’ – Why?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Feb 27 (IPS) - Safety and security are at the base of the ‘hierarchy of needs’ pyramid, second in importance only to life’s absolute necessities—air, water, food and shelter, warns a new report.
Gender Lens Crucial to Leaving No One Behind (Part 1)
- Inter Press Service
Johannesburg, Feb 27 (IPS) - Parliamentarians' leadership in a post-COVID-19 recovery is crucial to achieving the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda. The involvement of lawmakers in ensuring a more equal, just, and sustainable society will come under the spotlight during a two-day inter-regional meeting organized by the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) and the Forum of Arab Parliamentarians on Population and Development (FAPPD,) and supported by UNFPA ASRO in early March 2022.
Cyclone Ana Floods Choke Malawi's Water and Sanitation Goals
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Malawi, Feb 22 (IPS) - On the night of January 24, 2022, as Cyclone Ana-triggered rains incessantly rattled on the rusty roof of her house, amid intervals of gusty winds, a thud woke up Josephine Kumwanje from her sleep.
Children with Disabilities are Not Problems to Solve, but Potential to Nurture, says Nujeen Mustafa
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 21 (IPS) - Struggling with stigma and discrimination in an unaccommodating environment, Nujeen Mustafa knows all too well the difficulties children with disabilities face in emergency and protracted crises.
Fierce Urgency Required to Include Children with Disabilities in Education – ECW’s Yasmine Sherif says
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 16 (IPS) - Unable to walk, see or hear, and without assistance, the multiple barriers between 240 million children with disabilities and the education system mean nearly half are likely never to have attended school.
Dream. Dare. Do.
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (IPS) - Conflict, forced displacement, climate change and COVID-19 are disrupting the education of millions of crisis-affected children and adolescents around the world.
Call for Increased Global Efforts to Ease Africa’s Climate-Induced Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Feb 14 (IPS) - When years ago warnings were sounded that future wars would be fought not over oil but water, the predictions were dismissed as alarmist.
Responding to New Threats to Poverty Eradication in Asia
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 14 (IPS) - With consistent, robust economic growth, countries across Asia have made monumental strides in eradicating extreme poverty over the past 30 years. In Bangladesh, for example, the population living in extreme poverty dropped from 43% in 1991 to 10.5% in 2019. Similarly in Cambodia, poverty incidence fell from 53% in 2004 to below 10% by 2016.
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