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Investing in Teachers, School Leaders Key in Keeping Girls in School UN-African Union Study Finds
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI & ADDIS ABABA, Jul 04 (IPS) - Investing in teachers and school leaders in Africa is the most important factor in promoting educational opportunities for girls, keeping them in school and ending child marriage, ultimately reducing gender inequality through education.
UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises
- UN News
Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential threats: climate change and the negative impacts of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, UN chief António Guterres told the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Astana on Thursday.
A Bleak Future 50 Years after the New International Economic Non-order?
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jul 03 (IPS) - Fifty years ago on 1 May 1974, the Sixth Special Session of the General Assembly (April–May) adopted a revolutionary declaration and programme of action on the establishment of a New International Economic Order (NIEO) “based on equity, sovereign equality, interdependence, common interest and cooperation among all States, irrespective of their economic and social systems”. The hope was that a NIEO would “correct inequalities and redress existing injustices, make it possible to eliminate the widening gap between the developed and the developing countries and ensure steadily accelerating economic and social development and peace and justice for present and future generations”. Alas, what evolved is far from what was envisioned or called for.
China-based inventors lead on global GenAI patents: UN report
- UN News
China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, a new report from the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows.
Mayurbhanj Kai Chutney: From Forests to Global Food Tables
- Inter Press Service
UDULA, India, Jul 02 (IPS) - On a scorching May morning, Gajendra Madhei, a farmer from Mamudiya village, arrives at the local bazaar in Udula, a town in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. He displays freshly caught red weaver ants, known locally as kai pimpudi, in the bustling tribal market.
Argentina: Civil Society's Urgent Call to Protect Rights
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jul 02 (IPS) - Between the Mafia and the State, I prefer the Mafia. The mafia has codes, it keeps its promises, it doesn't lie, it's competitive. If a company pollutes a river, where is the damage? The sale of organs is a market like any other. Abortion should be considered “aggravated murder”.
A Warming Planet is Global, Adaptation is Local & Resilience People-Specific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 02 (IPS) - The summer of 2024 has shattered heat records, starkly illustrating the harsh realities of our warming planet. In India alone, the heatwave has claimed over 100 lives and caused more than 40,000 cases of heatstroke in recent months, according to data from India’s Health Ministry. This extreme weather event has further burdened the poor and vulnerable, exacerbating the social and economic toll of disasters.
Mexico Struggles to Cut Emissions from its Ports
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Mexico, Jul 01 (IPS) - The port of Pichilingue, in northwestern Mexico, faces challenges in decarbonising its activities, as do other maritime infrastructures in the country, while its polluting emissions are increasing.
Special Report: Exposing Afghanistans Pervasive, Methodical System of Gender Oppression
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 01 (IPS) - The UN Special Rapporteur’s annual report on human rights in Afghanistan lays bare the alarming phenomenon of an institutionalized system of discrimination, segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls.
‘Trust and respect’ feeds interfaith rice growing success in the Philippines
- UN News
Trust built on decades of respect for religion has fertilized the seeds of success for two communities, one Muslim the other Christian, which have joined together to build a successful rice growing cooperative in the Philippines.
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