News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 76
Mandela Day Reminder to Stand Witness to Human Rights Defenders
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 18 (IPS) - As human rights increasingly deteriorate, rights defenders are being violently suppressed. Abducted, detained, tortured, and humiliated, many now live one day at a time. They have been told, in no uncertain times, that anything could happen. They are now asking the global community to stand as a witness.
Black Sea Grain Initiative ‘Paused’ But Africa Must Live Beyond Foreign Dependence
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA & UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - As Russia paused the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reacted with regret saying the global south would be badly affected.
Seizing the Moment for a More Resilient Asia & the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 18 (IPS) - The world faces a disaster emergency, yet nowhere is the threat more immediate than in Asia and the Pacific. Ours is a region where climate change-induced disasters are becoming more frequent and intense. Since 1970, two million people have lost their lives to disasters.
'Spending Money on Education is Investing in Humanity'
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) - As the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) looms, Education Cannot Wait's director Yasmine Sherif warned, "We are failing the promises we made on everything in the sustainable development goals, but especially on education because, without education, we cannot achieve any of the other sustainable development goals.”
Marginalising Key Populations Impacting Efforts to End HIV/AIDS Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jul 14 (IPS) - A report released this week has highlighted how continuing criminalisation and marginalisation of key populations are stymying efforts to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Private and Public Spheres: Sweden and Mugabe
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul 12 (IPS) - The war in Ukraine continues unabated; young men are sacrificed on battlefields, towns laid waste by aerial attacks, the threat of nuclear disasters is looming. People within an often formerly friendly inclined Europe are now wondering if Vladimir Putin has gone insane. The war in Ukraine is generally called “Putin’s war” and in April 2021 Putin signed a legislation providing him the right to run for two more consecutive terms, thus he could stay in power till 2036.
Supporting Conflict Prevention & Social Cohesion in Mauritania
- Inter Press Service
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, Jul 12 (IPS) - Deep in the heart of Southeastern Mauritania lies the district and town of Bassikounou, nestled on the border with neighboring Mali, over 1,200 kilometers from the capital city of Nouakchott.
Venezuela's Educational System Heading Towards State of Total Collapse
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jul 10 (IPS) - Hundreds of thousands of children and young people, and thousands of their teachers, drop out of regular schooling in Venezuela year after year, and most of those who remain go to the classroom only two or three days a week, highlighting the abysmal backwardness of education in the country.
Re-thinking Disability Inclusion for the SDGs
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 10 (IPS) - This year marks halfway towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious agenda which set out to transform our world.
We have always known that the goals cannot be realized without the inclusion of persons with disabilities. From poverty to inequality, climate to health the promise to leave no-one behind is the bedrock of the SDG call to action.
UN Weather Agency calls for Robust Early Warning Systems as Latin America and the Caribbean Brace for More Extreme Weather Events
- Inter Press Service
SOUFRIERE, SAINT LUCIA, Jul 07 (IPS) - The World Meteorological Organization launched its State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report this week. Amid above average sea-level rise, drought and global warming, the new publication is calling for ramped up adaptation action to save lives and livelihoods.The World Meteorological Organization says adaptation efforts and the switch to renewable energy must increase for regions like Latin America and the Caribbean to face the challenges of a changing climate.
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