News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 54
First, it was Food as Weapon of War – Then Came Water…
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (IPS) - The Palestinians in Gaza have been victims of a double tragedy: killings by Israel’s mostly American-made weapons and deaths by starvation.
And now comes a revelation of a new weapon of war: how Israel has been systematically weaponizing water against Palestinians in Gaza, according to a new report from the global human rights organization, Oxfam.
Protests Over Bangladesh Quota System Escalate to Violence, Information Blackouts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - Student protests over the Bangladesh government’s recruitment system have escalated into violent retaliation from the police and the leading party’s student wing.
Vote Reflects Farmers’ View on India’s BJP’s Agrarian Policy
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Jul 15 (IPS) - Political parties often play lip service to climate change, but farmers in India, faced with unpopular policies and uncertainty in their livelihoods due to climate change, ensured their views were heard during the recent general elections.
Warming Asian Glaciers: Regional Strategy for Riskscape
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) - Scientific assessments reveal that the Third Pole (TP), encompassing the vast glaciated mountain systems of Asia, is warming at an alarming rate of over 0.3 ºC per decade, surpassing the global average.
Overwhelmed Healthcare Systems in Gaza Struggle Through Evacuation Orders
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 (IPS) - For nine months, over 2 million people in the Gaza Strip have been forcibly displaced in the wake of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas. The ongoing fighting and displacement have put significant strain on humanitarian organizations on the ground to address even basic health needs.
Lebanon’s Deep Healthcare Crisis Exposed through Communicable Diseases
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT & TORONTO, Jul 08 (IPS) - This summer is bringing an additional challenge to the public health front in Lebanon, along with higher-than-normal temperatures.
Kenya’s Cash-Strapped, Ambitious Climate Change Goals
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 05 (IPS) - Kenya’s need for climate finance is great—the country has been battered by climate change-related disasters for years—but as this analysis shows, the arrangements remain opaque, leaving the affected communities vulnerable.Climate-related disasters have battered Kenya for years.
Investing in Teachers, School Leaders Key in Keeping Girls in School UN-African Union Study Finds
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI & ADDIS ABABA, Jul 04 (IPS) - Investing in teachers and school leaders in Africa is the most important factor in promoting educational opportunities for girls, keeping them in school and ending child marriage, ultimately reducing gender inequality through education.
A Bleak Future 50 Years after the New International Economic Non-order?
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jul 03 (IPS) - Fifty years ago on 1 May 1974, the Sixth Special Session of the General Assembly (April–May) adopted a revolutionary declaration and programme of action on the establishment of a New International Economic Order (NIEO) “based on equity, sovereign equality, interdependence, common interest and cooperation among all States, irrespective of their economic and social systems”. The hope was that a NIEO would “correct inequalities and redress existing injustices, make it possible to eliminate the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries and ensure steadily accelerating economic and social development and peace and justice for present and future generations”. Alas, what evolved is far from what was envisioned or called for.
Special Report: Exposing Afghanistans Pervasive, Methodical System of Gender Oppression
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 01 (IPS) - The UN Special Rapporteur’s annual report on human rights in Afghanistan lays bare the alarming phenomenon of an institutionalized system of discrimination, segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls.
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