Source: Estimates from various sources with links provided in the text Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Tuesday, April 02, 2024 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Apr 02 (IPS) – The de facto peace plan of Israel is Greater Israel (Eretz Yisrael Hashlema) with a dominant Jewish majority, which Israel expects America will accept and support. …
Rokaya needed time to recover after illness forced her to quit as a live-in maid in Malaysia and return home to Indramayu, West Java. However, under pressure from her agent who claimed two million Rupiah for her initial placement, she accepted an offer of work in Erbil, Iraq. There, Ms. Rokaya found herself responsible for …
Older women and women with disabilities are underrepresented in global data on violence against women. Credit: WHO/Kiana Hayeri by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Friday, March 29, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) – Older women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national …
Rajesh Jatavad*, a delivery rider for Zomato, a food delivery app in southern India, is worried about his full name being displayed for customers on the platform – because his last name reveals that he belongs to a marginalised caste. More privileged communities among India’s caste system historically considered castes like Jatavad’s “untouchables”. Jatavad’s worry …
Nimco Ali, CEO, The Five Foundation (center), meeting with Andrew Mitchell, (right) Minister for Development, UK, and Harriet King (left), UK High Commissioner to The Gambia. Credit: The Five Foundation Opinion by Alimatu Dimonekene (london) Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) – Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence …
Students joined APDA-affiliated parliamentarians at a two-day workshop on mental health. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (sri jayawardenepura kotte & athens) Monday, March 25, 2024 Inter Press Service SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE & ATHENS, Mar 25 (IPS) – Sri Lankan lawmaker Hector Appuhamy, in conversation with IPS ahead of a two-day conference aimed at educating and involving university …
Beirut, Lebanon – Abbas Baalbaki, an environmental chemistry researcher at the American University in Beirut (AUB), has been looking at white phosphorous dropped by Israel onto Lebanese soil for nearly six months. Then, one day, a sample he and a colleague were looking at burst into flames. That should not have happened. The samples had …
Gambian lawmakers on Monday debated a highly controversial bill seeking to lift the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in force since 2015, before suspending the vote for at least three months. Issued on: 18/03/2024 – 18:15 2 min The issue has divided the tiny West African nation for months, with hundreds gathering to protest …
Seaweed farming using the off-bottom seaweed farming approach—tying algal fonds or seaweed seeds to ropes attached between wooden pegs driven into the ocean sediment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (mwazaro beach, kenya) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service MWAZARO BEACH, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) – As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, IPS brings …
Women march for their rights on Mar. 8, 2023, in Brasília. Every International Women’s Day, Brazilian women take to the streets in towns and cities to protest against sexism, racism and other factors of gender inequality. CREDIT: Lula Marques / Agência Brasil by Mario Osava (rio de janeiro) Wednesday, March 06, 2024 Inter Press Service RIO …