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Press Freedom: A Story of Lives Lost, Budgets Slashed, Status Eroded

By Farhana Haque Rahman TORONTO, Canada (IPS) - Press freedom is on...

No Bones Broken, No Crime Committed: Inside the Taliban’s New Rules on Violence Against Women

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with...

Online University Throws a Lifeline to Afghan Women Shut Out of Education

KABUL (IPS) - Ever since childhood, Khatera’s (not her real...

No forests, no economies

Sustainable management that protects and promotes nature amidst growing...

Global Pandemic Hits the World’s Poorest the Hardest

By J Natranis NEW YORK (IDN) — The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a deeply troubling situation in the world’s poorest countries. It threatens to push...

COVID-19 Pushes Millions into Destitution

By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA (IDN) — A once-in-a-century crisis—a Great Disruption unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic—hit the world economy in 2020. The pandemic has reached every corner of the globe. Meanwhile,...

UN’s ECOSOC Chief Calls for Backing Up World’s Poor Fight COVID-19

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) — UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Munir Akram has called for a 'Coalition of the Willing' to...

COVID-19: Brazil Implements Basic Income Policy Following Massive Civil Society Campaign

By Pedro Telles The writer is 2018-19 Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics. SÃO PAULO (IDN) –...

UN Warns of Growing Inequality Triggering New Great Divergence

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – In the run-up to 2020, the UN has warned that despite remarkable progress on laying a solid...

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No Bones Broken, No Crime Committed: Inside the Taliban’s New Rules on Violence Against Women

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with...

Online University Throws a Lifeline to Afghan Women Shut Out of Education

KABUL (IPS) - Ever since childhood, Khatera’s (not her real...

No forests, no economies

Sustainable management that protects and promotes nature amidst growing...

Why the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Need Work, Not Just Rations

By Mohammed Zonaid COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (IPS) - While global attention right...
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