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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25 November, the color orange is used to represent a brighter future, free from violence against women and girls.Credit: UN Women By Sima BahousUNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 2022 (IPS) Five years ago, the global #MeToo movement brought new urgency and visibility to the extent…
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ECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and #16Days of Activism By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Nov 25 2022 (IPS-Partners) As we now have entered the 21st century, we must end violence against girls and women. Attacking and abusing girls and women as a means of warfare,…
It’s mostly people in their twenties sitting on a terrace in the shade of a beautiful grove of trees: black clothes, piercings, tattoos and some purple streaks in their hair. It could be a trendy cafe in Berlin, Paris or any other European capital, but the sunset call to prayer reminds us that we are…
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Around 7,500 litres of water are used to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over seven years. Credit: pexels By Baher KamalMADRID, Nov 25 2022 (IPS) Please take a quick look at this short report before rushing to shop on a Black Friday, Christmas sales and…
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Forty-year-old Admire Gumbo has invested in cattle back home in Zimbabwe’s rural Mwenezi district. The picture shows Gumbo’s cattle in Mwenezi. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/ IPS. By Jeffrey MoyoMBERENGWA, Nov 25 2022 (IPS) In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in Mberengwa…
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A meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré By Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Nov 25 2022 (IPS) Human rights defenders are alarmed at what appears to be a new process permitting countries to keep confidential their responses to UN experts about allegations of human rights abuses. A page on the website…
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Credit: Qatar Tourism Authority By Myles BenhamDOHA, Qatar, Nov 25 2022 (IPS) The sun is shining, and the temperature sits at an idyllic 28 degrees Celsius. The Uber driver taking me to work is from Pakistan and devastated about the recent loss to England in the T20 Cricket World Cup final in Australia. On route…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a demand of the global South….
Discarded refrigerators. Scientists continue to stress the need for proper disposal of old fridges as some emit ozone-destroying chemicals. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS By Alison KentishDOMINICA, Nov 24 2022 (IPS) For countries across the globe, September 16th is a day to reflect on progress in protecting the ozone layer. The United Nations designated day for the…
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Figure 1: Overall Concentration Ratios: Top 5 Firms By Simon Commander and Saul EstrinLONDON, Nov 24 2022 (IPS) In our recent book, “The Connections World: The Future of Asia”, published by Cambridge University Press in October 2022, we argue that mutually beneficial links between dynastic business houses and political elites have been important drivers behind…
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