U.S. Tribe Looks to International Court for Justice
WASHINGTON, Apr 16 2014 (IPS) - An indigenous community in the United States has filed a petition against the federal...
Decriminalisation Comes to Davos
Intravenous drug users are the last in line to get support from Pakistan's government-run AIDS programme. Credit: Fahim Siddiqi/IPSUNITED NATIONS,...
Drugmakers Agree to U.S. Ban on Livestock Antibiotics
Livestock production has long been suspected as a key incubator of antibiotic resistance in the United States. Credit: BigstockWASHINGTON, Mar...
Zimbabwe’s Emerging Tobacco Queens
Madeline Murambwi's tobacco crops on her 32-hectare farm in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province. She is one of this southern African...
India’s Unholy Mess
The fabled Yamuna River – revered by Hindus as a ‘living Goddess’ -- has been reduced to a stinking drain....
Nepal’s Poor Live in the Shadow of Natural Disasters
A poor Muslim family in the Habrahawa village of the Banke district in west Nepal has little means of recovering...
On Sri Lanka’s Tea Estates, Maternal Health Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
A pregnant woman waits in line for a medical check-up. Health indicators for women on Sri Lanka’s tea estates are...
True Gender Equality for Both Women and Men
Joseph Chamie is a former Director of the United Nations Population Division.UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 2014 (IPS) - Numerous international...
Inequality Fuels HIV Epidemic in the Caribbean
Outspoken artist Edison Liburd, in St. John's, Antigua. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb 10 2015 (IPS) - At 49...
World Misses Its Potential by Excluding 50 Percent of Its People
A scene from the 57th Commission on the Status of Women. Credit: UN Photo/Rick BajornasUNITED NATIONS, Mar 5 2015 (IPS)...