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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11 (IPS) - The 15 August 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan devastated the lives of millions of Afghans. But the rights and freedoms of women and girls in particular have been progressively trampled by a series of edicts that .. ...

ROME, Oct 11 (IPS) - World Food Day 2024 This year the theme for World Food Day is "Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future." It's a timely reminder that all people have the right to adequate foods. But how do we get from a right to a .. ...

IGUAZU, Argentina, Oct 11 (IPS) - A few years ago, Bernardo Olivera moved to Posadas, the capital of the Argentinean province of Misiones, to study mathematics at the public university. Interested in numbers and keen to progress, he felt, however, .. ...

ROME, Oct 10 (IPS) - On November 20, 2023, Ulvi Hasanli, director of AbzasMedia --an independent media outlet in Azerbaijan--, was arrested when he was about to board a taxi to Baku airport. Meanwhile, uniformed officers raided AbzasMedia's ...

KOCHI, India, Oct 10 (IPS) - Fishworkers are often invisible in discussions about climate change, yet they are at the heart of food security, feeding millions while struggling to feed their own families. Their fight for survival is not just about ...

Violence against children remains a pervasive global issue, with up to a billion children vulnerable to various forms of abuse, according to United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children.

In Lebanon, health workers and medical facilities have continued to be hit and killed by ongoing Israeli bombardment, a week since Israel sent troops and armoured vehicles into the south of the country and issued evacuation orders, UN humanitarians . ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the independent expert on the human rights situation in Russia for another year.

OXFORD, Oct 10 (IPS) - When I joined CIVICUS in 2019, I came in with two decades of work on influencing and monitoring public policies through grassroots and global activism. Joining CIVICUS as Secretary-General felt familiar, like returning home ...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (IPS) - One week has passed since the beginning of Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Over the past three weeks, Lebanon has seen a considerable uptick in hostilities from the Israeli armed forces. Routine bombardments have resulted ...