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)...
1.7 Billion Dollars Needed to Improve Ebola-hit Countries’ Health Care, Says Oxfam
Scene from an Ebola treatment facility run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Guéckédou, Guinea, on the day of a...
Opinion: Minsk Agreements, the Only Path to Peace in Ukraine
Prof. Aslan Abashidze is the Head of the Department of International Law at Moscow’s Friendship University and a member of...
Medicinal Plants Popular and Unprotected in Mexico
Clemente Calixto, a certified traditional healer, discusses the healing properties of a plant during a workshop in Mexico City. In...
One Year After Sendai – What The World Can Learn from Armenia
Armen Chilingaryan is Disaster Risk Reduction Programme Coordinator at UNDP ArmeniaDevastation from the Mar. 1, 2011 tsunami that swept through...