Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 23 2008 (IPS) – Gold mining and recycling car batteries are two of the world s Top 10 most dangerous pollution problems, and the least known, according a new report. These children are developmentally impaired…
Rosebell Kagumire SOROTI, Uganda, Nov 4 2010 (IPS) – Josephine Adongo s heart leapt when she heard that two doctors from Kampala were offering free medical exams in Soroti. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer at a regional hospital more…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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,…