“I love L.A. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic – but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”  &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Andy Warhol   Credit: u/USMCinUSA STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 5 2020 (IPS) – Another episode of the spectacular show that…

James A. Paul, a writer and consultant, was Executive Director of Global Policy Forum (1993-2012), an NGO monitoring the work of the United Nations, and author of the book “Of Foxes and Chickens: Oligarchy & Global Power in the UN…

• Education and COVID-19: UN helps children continue their learning There have even been that the coronavirus is related to exposure to new technologies (such as 5G, which can be used to deliver money mobiles services). There are measures authorities…

Farah Daibes is the Programme Manager of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Political Feminism project in the MENA region. Illustration by Rawand Issa BERLIN, Oct 2 2020 (IPS) – Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, feminists across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have…

Raghbendra Jha is Professor of Economics, and Executive Director Australian National University. CANBERRA, Australia, Jul 6 2020 (IPS) – The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 set off a series of health and economic crises that feed upon…

Credit: Unsplash / Lynda Hinton BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 4 2020 (IPS) – After decades of impressive growth, for the first time, Southeast Asia is experiencing a drop in measured human development. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely…

Mabingue Ngom, Regional Director, West and Central Africa Region, UNFPA and Shoko Arakaki, Director of Humanitarian Office, UNFPA NEW YORK, Sep 21 2020 (IPS) – The countries of Central Sahel—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—face an unprecedented crisis, marked by violent…

Community Health warriors (Anganwadi center in Chennai, Tamil Nadu). Credit: (PSI) BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 13 2020 (IPS) – Fifteen countries will sign a mega-trade deal at the ASEAN conference this weekend imposing secretive restrictions on how governments help workers through…

During Yasmine Sherif’s visit to UNRWA schools in Ein El Hilweh, Lebanon, she told children, “I believe in you, and I believe in your strength.” ECW continues to support Palestine refugee children in Lebanon to overcome the impact of COVID-19…

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 –…