News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 109
Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific's Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 10 (IPS) - Two destructive Category 4 tropical cyclones, Judy and Kevin, and an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude impacted over 80 per cent of the Vanuatu population from 1 to 3 March 2023. To address this emergency situation, the UN, along with Pacific member States have deployed personnel on the ground to coordinate humanitarian assistance and prepare post-disaster damage assessment.
Breaking Barriers: Why Free & Public Education Should be Every Womans Right
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Mar 10 (IPS) - This month, government and civil society organization representatives gathered in New York for the United Nations’ 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to discuss technology as a tool to facilitate access to education for women and girls.
Breaking the Link between Polycrisis and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
BRIGHTON, UK, Mar 09 (IPS) - This year marks the halfway point— eight years in and eight years out— of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and reduce inequalities.
Excluded Afghan Girls Forced to Seek Education in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Mar 09 (IPS) - Hundreds of young women and girls are moving to Pakistan to continue their studies after the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education in Afghanistan.
International Women’s Day, 2023 - Women and Girls: Innovation and Higher Education
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Mar 08 (IPS) - In September 2020, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for women’s rights celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was, however, a bittersweet commemoration, mixing joy for the progress in gender equality achieved since 1995, and the stark realization about the multidimensional gaps awaiting tackling and the new divides brought by the social consequences of COVID-19.
International Women’s Day, 2023 - Digital Inclusion is Vital for Strengthening Women’s Rights in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - The internet has a pivotal role to play in empowering women and girls across Africa, but preexisting forms of gender discrimination and marginalization are underpinning a widening digital gender divide.
International Women’s Day, 2023 - The Power of Technology — & the Increased Exclusion, Inequalities & Gender Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tremendous power of technology and innovation has become clear to the world. However, it has also increased exclusion, discrimination, and inequalities -- especially for women and girls.
International Women’s Day, 2023 - Five Sharp Questions on Female Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
NORMA, Italy, Mar 07 (IPS) - The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. International Women's Day is right around the corner and it presents an obvious opportunity to dig into what female and empowerment means for different people.
International Women’s Day, 2023 - Promoting Gender Equality and Closing the Digital Divide
- Inter Press Service
Guimarães, Portugal, Mar 07 (IPS) - The accelerating pace of digitalization has ushered humanity into a whole different era of information and communication. Today, digitalization permeates every aspect of our lives, socio-economically and politically.
International Women’s Day, 2023 - Her Land, Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality & Land Restoration Goals
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Mar 07 (IPS) - When it comes to land, gender inequalities are pervasive. Today, nearly half of the global agricultural workforce is female – yet less than one in five landholders worldwide are women 1. ?
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