Africa’s Mobile Health Revolution
A mother waits for her baby to be vaccinated at the Bugurundi Clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 22 2012 (IPS) – A nurse working in a remote clinic in Mueda, a small…
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“I Wake Up Screaming”: Gaza’s Children Bear the Brunt of Violence
Palestinian child on donkey cart next to garbage container in Gaza City. Credit: Mohammed Omer/IPS UNITED NATIONS, May 10 2018 (IPS) – Reham Qudaih wakes up nightly to the same nightmare: her father shot, lying on the ground in a…
The Struggle to End Female Genital Mutilation: A Dark Secret No More
Masooma Ranalvi is the founder of WeSpeakOut and has campaigned to end FGM NEW DELHI, India, Jan 28 2021 (IPS) – Survivors of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), are determined to share their stories to end this practice –…
China and the UN at 50- What We Can Achieve Together
Delegation of the People’s Republic of China making its debut at the UN Assembly Hall. Credit: Xinhua BEIJING, Oct 11 2021 (IPS) – China was one of the architects of the United Nations and was the first signatory of the…
COVID-19 Recovery Requires Justice Beyond Rhetoric
Credit: Global Policy Forum BONN, Germany, Sep 16 2021 (IPS) – Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. On the one hand, the net wealth of billionaires has risen to…
Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America
On Mar. 22, 2023, dozens of people watched a live broadcast from San José, Costa Rica, on a large screen at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, of the open hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,…