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Betty Mtehemu, Deputy Chairperson of Fabric Clothes Sector, and Chairperson of the Women’s Union in Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini Market. Opinion by Franck Kuwonu (united nations) Friday, January 19, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (IPS) – As African…
A farmer tending to her vegetable field in Bangladesh. Women make up 58% of Bangladesh’s agricultural workforce. Credit: BRAC Opinion by Asif Saleh (dhaka, bangladesh) Friday, January 19, 2024 Inter Press Service For a nation of 170 million people which has…
Workers take a break after unloading fish from the Sor Somboon 19 fishing vessel. Initial screenings conducted by Greenpeace revealed that the crew of this Thai trawler met internationally accepted definitions of forced labour. Credit: Greenpeace by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday,…
Wounded civilians at the Al Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Credit: WHO by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Friday, January 19, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (IPS) – Gaza’s healthcare system is “on its knees” as ongoing hostilities…
Approximately 4.3 million people, over half of them children, have been affected by a multifaceted crisis characterized by conflict, climate-induced disasters, hunger and epidemics. A military coup in July 2023 and the ensuing political instability has further exacerbated their plight.…
Iran on Wednesday reportedly carried out surprise attacks both inside Pakistan and Iraq which involved using precision missile and drone strikes targeting Sunni terrorist training camps in southwest Balochistan, in order to deter a planned terrorist incursion. The Iranian attacks…
The report paints a bleak picture of socio-economic conditions since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with the erosion of women’s rights and a banking system near collapse, identified as major areas of concern. The Afghan economy has…
The UN Children’s Fund’s investigation, Pathways to Better Protection, reveals that children with disabilities account for up to 87 per cent of those in care, where data is available. And the numbers of unaccompanied and separated children seeking asylum in…
Answer: 269 minutes “Although we have been given the reputation of speaking at great length, the Assembly need not worry,” Fidel Castro of Cuba said at the outset. “We shall do our best to be brief.” While the General Assembly…
Credit: Emmanuel Andres/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, January 18, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 18 (IPS) – Guatemala’s new president, Bernardo Arévalo, was expected to be sworn in on 14 January at…
