Inter Press Service

• It’s Time for Results as Sudan Enters Second Year of NDC Partnership November 24, 2020
  Earlier this year, when heavy rains caused massive flooding in Sudan, a three-month state of emergency was declared in September. The floods which began in July, were the worst the country experienced in the last three decades and affected some 830,000 people, including 125,000 refugees and internally displaced people. According to the United Nations Refugee […]
  Reem Abbas
• Does WFP Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? November 24, 2020
  ”If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? And if not now, when? That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow [...] go and learn.”                                                                                                 Hillel the Elder, active during the first century BCE The post Does […]
  Jan Lundius
• How UN Helped Benin Become World’s Fastest Place to Start a Business via a Mobile Phone November 24, 2020
  Ian Richards is an economist at the UN working on development finance and digital government. The post How UN Helped Benin Become World’s Fastest Place to Start a Business via a Mobile Phone appeared first on Inter Press Service.
  Ian Richards
• World Bank Urges Governments to Guarantee Private Profits November 24, 2020
  The World Bank has been leading other multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international financial institutions to press developing country governments to ‘de-risk’ infrastructure and other private, especially foreign investments. They promote public-private partnerships (PPPs) supposedly to mobilize more private finance to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. PPP advocacy has been stepped up after developing countries’ […]
  Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury
• Green Recovery in Mexico – A Citizen’s Plea November 23, 2020
  The alarms warning against climate inaction have sounded for years. Almost a year into the hardest pandemic and maybe the worst economic recession my generation has seen, expert voices everywhere are claiming this to be the golden opportunity to do something to right our course and even find a silver lining in this unfortunate situation, […]
  Tania Miranda
• US Presidential Election Part II: A Campaign of Insults and Lies November 23, 2020
  The 2020 election has revealed a deeply divided nation, perhaps at its most divided since the Civil War. Many Americans are still uncertain about how the transition to the new administration will be achieved with a minimum of disruption and perhaps even violence. However, the split between pro and anti-Trump voters is not based on […]
  Farhang Jahanpour
• From Political Prisoner to Champion of Human Rights – The Wai Wai Nu Story November 23, 2020
  Instead of being cowed by her seven-year imprisonment, Wai Wai Nu, emerged stronger and more determined to fight for the rights of all people, including the Rohingya in her native Myanmar. In an exclusive interview with IPS, Wai Wai says her prison experience made her all the more aware of the need for human rights […]
  Mariya Salim
• Could the Finance Sector Hold the Key to Ending Deforestation? November 23, 2020
  Sarah Rogerson is a researcher at Global Canopy. Prior to Global Canopy, she has worked on corporate environmental transparency with both CDP and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board, and on domestic recycling and engagement with Keep Britain Tidy. She has a degree in Natural Sciences (Zoology) from the University of Cambridge The post Could the […]
  Sarah Rogerson
• Farmers Will (Again) Feed the World November 23, 2020
  Danielle Nierenberg is President and Founder Food Tank: Highlighting stories of hope and success in the food system The post Farmers Will (Again) Feed the World appeared first on Inter Press Service.
  Danielle Nierenberg
• Japan Should Lead Charge for Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines November 20, 2020
  Japan should step up and play a role as a global facilitator for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, Dr Daisaku Higashi said at a recent Japan Parliamentarians Federation for Population (JPFP) study meeting. The country should use the credibility developed in the post-Second World War era as a country with expertise in peacebuilding to ensure […]
  Cecilia Russell
• A Potential Weapon Kills Over 1.5 Million Worldwide –Without a Single Shot Being Fired November 20, 2020
  The world’s major military powers exercise their dominance largely because of their massive weapons arsenals, including sophisticated fighter planes, drones, ballistic missiles, warships, battle tanks, heavy artillery—and nuclear weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). But the sudden surge in the coronavirus pandemic last week, particularly in the US and Europe, has resurrected the lingering question that […]
  Thalif Deen
• Tobacco Industry Capitalizes on Pandemic to Increase Influence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries November 20, 2020
  Jennie Lyn Reyes is the author of the 2020 Asian Tobacco Industry Interference Index and the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager of SEATCA. The post Tobacco Industry Capitalizes on Pandemic to Increase Influence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries appeared first on Inter Press Service.
  Jennie Lyn Reyes
• Racial Discrimination Ages Black Americans Faster, According to a 25-Year-Long Study of Families November 20, 2020
  I’m part of a research team that has been following more than 800 Black American families for almost 25 years. We found that people who had reported experiencing high levels of racial discrimination when they were young teenagers had significantly higher levels of depression in their 20s than those who hadn’t. This elevated depression, in […]
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• My Voice, Our Equal Future! Joining the Chorus of Girls Who Are Speaking up for Change November 20, 2020
  Girls are change makers and world shapers! When girls speak up, they are a powerful force to be reckoned with. This International Day of the Girl 2020 we listened to girl-led and girl-centered organizations from across South Asia and heard about how they have been empowering girls in their communities and at the forefront of […]
  Jean Gough and Yasmine Sherif
• Youth Demand a ‘Fair Share’ from World Leaders Ahead of G20 Summit November 19, 2020
  Over 100 youth activists from around the globe met virtually ahead of the Nov. 21 summit of some of the world’s wealthiest nations. They called on the leaders to restructure the global response to COVID-19 and ensure aid reaches the world’s most marginalised people. The post Youth Demand a ‘Fair Share’ from World Leaders Ahead […]
  Alison Kentish
• Vietnam and Cambodia: Leveraging Support to Enhance Climate Ambition November 19, 2020
  Say Samal, Minister of Environment, Cambodia Trần Hồng Hà, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam The post Vietnam and Cambodia: Leveraging Support to Enhance Climate Ambition appeared first on Inter Press Service.
  Say Samal and Tran Hong Ha
• Gordon Brown – Education Cannot Wait November 19, 2020
  “For 75M children & young people trapped in conflict zones, #EducationCannotWait. A lost generation is one where hope dies in those who live. It is our responsibility to rekindle hope.” ~ Gordon Brown. The post Gordon Brown – Education Cannot Wait appeared first on Inter Press Service.
  Education Cannot Wait
• The Importance of Investing in Volunteerism November 19, 2020
  Simone Galimberti* is Co-Founder of ENGAGE, Inclusive Change Through Volunteering, a not- for-profit NGO based in Nepal. A close observer of Canadian affairs, he writes on volunteerism, social inclusion, youth development and regional integration as an engine to improve people’s lives. The post The Importance of Investing in Volunteerism appeared first on Inter Press Service.
  Simone Galimberti
• The Unprecedented US Presidential Election and its Consequences November 18, 2020
  American democracy has survived a dangerous virus, and it has even come off the ventilator, but whether it will be restored to full health or will suffer for a long time (like a long Covid) from the negative effects of the virus of personality cult, chauvinism, populism, racism, militarism and, yes let’s say it, fascism, […]
  Farhang Jahanpour
• Mexican’s Labor Rights Closely Watched… by the US November 18, 2020
  As many have observed worldwide, the outcome of the US presidential elections has been, as expected – full of hope and fear. Many people had the bad feeling that if Trump were to be re-elected, the uncertainty, already enormous due to the pandemic and its effects, would jeopardize the economic recovery worldwide. The triumph of […]
  Saul Escobar Toledo