News headlines in 2015, page 23

NAIROBI, Sep 23 (IPS) - Consider this. A young girl called Amina Mohamed who is the 8th of 9 children, from a modest Muslim home in Kakamega County in Kenya was encouraged by her parents to complete her education and pursue her dreams.

ROME, Sep 23 (IPS) - The next 15 years will be decisive for our planet's future.

During this period we will face some of the 21st Century's greatest challenges, amidst an ongoing and profound transition in the global economy.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - "Investing in ECD boosts economic growth, it offsets inequality and it helps eliminate crime and violence," UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and world famous singer Shakira said at a press conference Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Will Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council be frustrated by its Foreign Ministry's undiplomatic and uncalled for attack on U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon?

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, Chile, Sep 22 (IPS) - Chile's altiplano or high plateau region, pounded by the sun of the Atacama desert, the driest place in the world, is home to dozens of indigenous communities struggling for subsistence by means of sustainable tourism initiatives that are not always that far removed from out-of-control capitalism.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - When the United States established diplomatic relations with the Holy See back in January 1984, a televangelist asked rather sarcastically: when will Mecca send its own ambassador to Washington DC?

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - World leaders will meet at the United Nations summit from Sep. 25 to 27 in New York at a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. This year's summit is special in many respects.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese government force formed in mid-2013 and aimed at fighting rebel factions across Sudan, has allegedly not only committed war crimes, but serious crimes against humanity in Darfur.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - The 70th anniversary of the United Nations, which culminates at the high level segment of the General Assembly this week, has prompted numerous reflections on the organization's many achievements: from its work to rebuild the world in the aftermath of war to scores of lifesaving health programs and peacekeeping efforts.

AVELLANEDA, Argentina, Sep 18 (IPS) - Children have been poisoned by lead in Villa Inflamable, a shantytown on the south side of the capital of Argentina. Resettling their families involves a socioenvironmental process as complex as the sanitation works in one of the most polluted river basins in the world.