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Opinion: Ethical Challenges to Advertising
In this column, Hazel Henderson, president of Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and author of 'Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age' and other books, writes that advertising need not...
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Earthquakes Don’t Kill, Buildings Do – Or Is It Inequity?
70-year-old Chiute Tamang, his wife, daughter and son-in-law lost their house when the earth shook on Apr 25, 2015 in Nepal. They now lives a one-room cabin made of a wooden skeleton encased in...
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In Search of Jobs, Cameroonian Women May End Up as Slaves in Middle East
The lack of jobs after graduation frequently pushes Cameroonian girls into searching for work opportunities, sometimes overseas and sometimes with horrific consequences. Credit: Ngala Killian...
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Sahrawi Women Take to the Streets
(From left to right) Fatima, Aza and Rabab, three Sahrawi women activists, pose from an undisclosed location in Laayoune, the capital of occupied Western Sahara. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPSBy Karlos...
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Fish Farming Now a Big Hit in Africa
Fish farming has fast turned into a way for many Africans to beat poverty and hunger. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPSBy Jeffrey MoyoHARARE, Aug 5 2015 (IPS)Hillary Thompson, aged 62, throws some grains of...
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Ugandan Women Hail Partial Success Over “Bride Price” System
A Ugandan marriage ceremony known as ‘kuhingira’ at which the groom pays a ‘bride price’. The country’s Supreme Court has now ruled that refunding them if the marriage breaks up is unconstitutional....
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Winning Women a Greater Say in Somaliland’s Policy-Making
Women sport their national pride at the annual Somaliland Independence Day celebration on May 18 in Hargeisa. Advocates argue that a political quota would give women a greater say in their country's...
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Strong Words, But Little Action at Arctic Summit
The one-day summit on ‘Global Leadership in the Arctic – Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience (GLACIER) held in Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 31 failed to make commitments to serious action...
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Opinion: Women in the Face of Climate Change
Renee Juliene Karunungan, 25, is the advocacy director of Dakila, a group of artists, students, and individuals in the Philippines committed to working towards social change, which has been campaigning...
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Opinion: Will the SDGs Serve to Bridge the Gender Gap?
By Paloma DuranUNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 2015 (IPS)Increasingly gender equality, rooted in human rights, is recognized both as a key development goal on its own and as a vital means to helping accelerate...
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Kenya: Transforming Mandera County’s Deadly Reputation for Maternal Health
Photo Credit: @islamicreliefBy Siddharth ChatterjeeMandera County, Kenya, Oct 19 2015 (IPS)For many women in Mandera County – a hard to reach, insecure and arid part of North Eastern Kenya – the story...
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Opinion: Women on Reproductive Strike
Joseph Chamie is an independent consulting demographer and a former director of the United Nations Population Division.By Joseph ChamieNEW YORK, Oct 29 2015 (IPS)Women are having fewer than two...
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Analysis: Is Empowerment of Women a Will-o’-the-Wisp?
By Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaPHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, Nov 10 2015 (IPS)Few dispute that women’s autonomy and betterment of their lives are moral imperatives. But whether these are also key to...
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From Bangladesh to Bihar
Chandra Mohan is an economics and business commentator.By N Chandra MohanNEW DELHI, Nov 11 2015 (IPS)Times are a-changing for Bihar, a state popularly described as a state of mind. The recent elections...
View Article“Jasmine Revolution” Challenges Male Domination of Tea Trade Unions
Until September this year, Lissie Sunny was not a name known to the Indian public. All of this changed when this lean and dark woman, working for over a quarter century plucking tea leaves in the misty...
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Women Leaders agree COP21 Must Have “Gender-Responsive” Deal.
"Women Leaders at COP 21 in Paris Raise the Banner for Gender Awareness in Any Climate Deal." Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Stella PaulPARIS, France , Dec 8 2015 (IPS)53-year old Aleta Baun of Indonesia’s...
View ArticleClimate Change and Women Across Three Continents
By Sohara Mehroze Shachi, Domoina Ratovozanany, and Dizzanne BillyPARIS, Dec 12 2015 (IPS)The link between women in climate change is a cross-cutting issue that deserves greater recognition at climate...
View ArticleIndia Needs to “Save its Daughters” Through Education and Gender Equality
Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in politics, economics, education or health — is still a distant dream for most. This fact was driven...
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A Women’s March on the World
Participants in the 2015 New York March for Gender Equality and Women's Rights. Credit: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz.By Tharanga YakupitiyageNEW YORK, Jan 20 2017 (IPS)Just one day after the inauguration...
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Did a Backlash Against Trump Trigger Historic Highs for US Women in Politics?
Some of the US women legislators elected to office in November 2018By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 2019 (IPS) The dramatic increase in women legislators voted into office last November and the...
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Palestinian Women Victims on Many Fronts
Islam Iliwa lost her home and cleaning products business in Gaza following an Israeli bombardment. She is one of many single, divorced mothers struggling to survive under the siege. Credit: Mel...
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Decent Employment Opportunities for Young People in Rural Africa
Subsistence-oriented small-scale agriculture is often not the preferred choice of work for many young Africans. Photo credit: FAOBy Kwame BuistJOHANNESBURG, Mar 27 2015 (IPS) Over half of the African...
View ArticleThreats to Afghan Women Rights Defenders Being Met with Blind Eye
By Sean BuchananKABUL, Apr 7 2015 (IPS) Women human rights defenders in Afghanistan face mounting violence but are being abandoned by their own government – and the international community is doing far...
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Kenyan Pastoralists Protest Wanton Destruction of Indigenous Forest
Forest rangers putting out a fire at a charcoal burning kiln in Kenya’s Mau Forest. The future of the country’s indigenous forest cover is under threat but this has little to do with poverty and...
View ArticleNo Woman, No World
By Sean BuchananLONDON, Apr 27 2015 (IPS) Almost exactly two years ago, on the morning of Apr. 24, over 3,600 workers – 80 percent of them young women between the ages of 18 and 20 – refused to enter...
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Jazz as a Force for Peace and Freedom
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock, the brains behind International Jazz Day, an event that aims to encourage and highlight the “power of jazz as a force for freedom and creativity”. Credit: A.D. McKenzieBy A....
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Opinion: Healthy Diets for Healthy Lives
In this column, José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), writes that in the last 50 years life expectancy has increased almost everywhere but has been...
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EU Calls for Paradigm Shift in Development Cooperation
The European Commission is calling for SDGs to address poverty eradication and sustainable development together in three dimensions – economic, social and environmental. Photo credit: UNFPA SudanBy...
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African Women Mayors Join Forces to Fight for Clean Energy
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo with African women mayors who are calling for greater attention to communities without electricity, given the inextricable link between climate change and energy. Credit: A.D....
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Ethiopia’s First Film at Cannes Gives Moving View of Childhood, Gender
A boy, a sheep and a stunning mountain landscape – the three stars of 'Lamb', Ethiopia’s first entry in France’s prestigious Cannes International Film Festival, a film which subtly highlights gender...
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‘Ethical Fashion’ Champions Marginalised Artisans from South
Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean (right) has been working with the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), using Haitian craftsmanship in areas such as embroidery and beadwork in her collections. Credit:...
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Analysis: Turkey Now Preparing for the Playoffs
By Jacques N. CouvasANKARA, Jun 8 2015 (IPS) The results of the Turkish elections of Jun. 7 have put an end to the suspense that has dominated national politics in the past three months. For the first...
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Cameroonian Women and Girls Saying No to Child Marriage
Bienvienue Taguieke, now 15, who refused to be sold into marriage when she was 12 for the equivalent of 8.5 dollars. Credit: Ngala Killian Chimtom/IPSBy Ngala Killian ChimtomMAROUA, Cameroon, Jun 10...
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‘Sulli Deals’: Muslim Women in India Being Put Up for Sale
Sania Ahmed found her photograph uploaded on ‘Suli Deal’ auctioning app. Credit: HandoutBy Sania FarooquiNEW DELHI, Jul 16 2021 (IPS) Ongoing online sexual harassment of Muslim women through ‘Sulli...
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Power of Creative Expression during Lockdown
COVID pandemic allowed artists to find expression. Credit: Fuzia.comBy Fairuz AhmedNew York, Aug 11 2021 (IPS) Screens, devices, and smartphones replaced the human touch and day-to-day interactions as...
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