Alive Amidst the Mayhem of COVID-19 – A Sex Worker’s Story
NEW YORK, Apr 9 2020 (IPS) - For a Bangladeshi woman, who has worked as a sex worker since childhood,...
Argentina’s Debt Restructuring “Groundhog Day”… or Maybe Not? Three Key Points
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 29 2020 (IPS) - On April 17, the Alberto Ángel Fernández administration in Argentina officially unveiled its...
The Hotting-Up of the Sino-American Spat: Most Dangerous Side-Effect of Covid-19?
Singapore, May 18 2020 (IPS) - When the United States and China signed the First-Phase of their Trade Agreement in...
2nd World Food Safety Day
Dr Renata Clarke is Sub-regional Coordinator Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)ROME, Jun 8 2020 (IPS) -...
The Critical Role of Women in Avoiding a Covid-19 “Food Pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPSANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Jun 24 2020 (IPS) - As infections with Covid-19 appear to be intensifying in sub-Saharan Africa...
Include Indigenous People in COVID-19 Response
Pratima Gurung is General Secretary, the Global Network of Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities (IPWDGN) President, the National Indigenous Disabled Women...
Music Collective ‘Megative’ Dubs Out the Negative
The members of Megative, with Gus van Go (far left). Credit: Daviston JeffersPARIS, Sep 2 2020 (IPS) - Even as...
Global Data Community’s Response to COVID-19
Francesca Perucci is Chief, Development Data and Outreach Branch at the United NationsData Community's Response to Covid-10. Credit: UNWDF Secretariat,...
La Niña Weather Phenomenon Could Endanger Colombia’s Food Security
Family in a flooded village on the banks of the Atrato River in Chocó, Colombia. Credit: Jesús Abad Colorado/IPSNEW YORK,...
A BASIC TRUTH: Facing an Existential Threat, Humanity Must Work Together
, UN Resident Coordinator (designate) to ChinaScoping out development opportunities in frontier communities. UN Kenya Resident Coordinator Siddharth Chatterjee, Cabinet...