BhagyaAmma, a Madiga Dalit woman and former ‘devadasi’ (temple slave), has found economic self-reliance by rearing goats in the Nagenhalli village in the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS BELLARY, India, Apr 21 2015 (IPS) – HuligeAmma, a…
Floods in Morigaon, India submerged about 45 roads in October 2014. Most people wade through the water, believing this is quicker than waiting for a rickety boat to transport them across. Credit: Priyanka Borpujari/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 2015 (IPS)…
Hervé Verhoosel is representative in New York and Head of External Relations of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 3 2015 (IPS) – An issue mostly associated with Africa and Asia, malaria may not initially come to…
A Somali woman in Garowe drawing water from one of the many man-made ponds dug through a UNDP-supported initiative to bring water to drought-affected communities. Credit: UNDP Somalia MOMBASA, Kenya, Mar 22 2016 (IPS) – While the United Nations marked…
Felistas Ngoma, 72, from Nkhamenya in the Kasungu District of Malawi, prepares nsima in her kitchen. Credit: Charity Chimungu Phiri/IPS BLANTYRE, May 27 2016 (IPS) – It’s Saturday, market day at the popular Bvumbwe market in Thyolo district. About 40…
Jomo Kwame Sundaram was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, and received the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought in 2007. KUALA LUMPUR , Dec 29 2016 (IPS) – Until the turn of the century,…
Counterfeit drugs in countries like Kenya also add to the growth in antibotic resistance. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2016 (IPS) – The looming threat of a world where even minor infections are deadly has led governments to…
A resident of Rabaable village in Somalia fetches water with the help of her daughters. The villages well was recently rehabilitated by UNICEF. Credit: UNICEF Somalia/Sebastian Rich ROME, Mar 3 2017 (IPS) – Women across the globe are facing new…
Grace Virtue, Ph.D., is a social justice advocate and senior communications advisor for ACTION global health partnership. TAORMINA, Italy, May 25 2017 (IPS) – The G7 Summit, held annually among the leaders of the world’s most powerful economies (Canada, France,…
The Dharala River of Kurigram District. It is the poorest district of the country with 67.3 per cent of the population living below the poverty line. Credit: Wikimedia Commons DHAKA, Jul 31 2017 (IPS) – Life for Bangladesh’s rural people,…