Street vendor Deviben Dhaundhaliya waits by her iron-frame mobile ‘shop’ to be shifted to the marketplace for evening-time sales in Ahmedabad city in Gujarat state. […]
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Bad Places To Be an Opposition Politician — Global Issues
by Uganda’s security forces. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala) Thursday, June 19, 2025 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Jun 19 (IPS) – In East Africa’s […]
‘A Wake-Up Call from the Womb’—Indigenous People Rally for a Binding Plastics Treaty — Global Issues
Panelists engaged in a discussion with reporters about plastic pollution. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS by Kizito Makoye (nice, france) Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Inter Press Service NICE, […]
Lawmakers Work to Build Women’s Representation in Politics and the Workplace — Global Issues
Study Tour on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Credit: UNFPA by Cecilia Russell (sarajevo & johannesburg) Friday, May 30, 2025 Inter Press […]
How Should the United Nations Respond to Its Funding Crisis? — Global Issues
The world needs the UN, now more than ever. But we have also experienced firsthand how maddeningly inefficient and bureaucratic it can be. No wonder […]
UN’s Proposed Structural Changes Laid Out in a “Strictly Confidential” Internal Document — Global Issues
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) – A six-page internal document, marked “STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL” on […]
On the Brink—But Is There a Way Back? — Global Issues
This village is half in India and half in Pakistan. In Pakistan it is called Chilhana; on the Indian side, it’s called Teetwal. Credit: Zofeen […]
Indian Colonialism in Sri Lanka — Global Issues
Opinion by Asoka Bandarage (washington dc) Thursday, March 27, 2025 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Mar 27 (IPS) – Following independence from Britain, both India and […]