Syria Stalls Senior U.N. Official's Visit to War Zone
The United Nations, which remains politically deadlocked over the drawn-out crisis in Syria, has hit another roadblock, this time over humanitarian assistance to the thousands of men, women and...
View ArticleDrought in Sahel Affects Urban Cameroonians
Sala Aminata, a housewife from the Logone and Shari Division in Cameroon's Far North Region, looks at her six kids with apprehension as she tries to figure out how to feed them with her meagre salary.
View ArticleU.S.: A Musical Movement for Liberation
Inside a dimly lit restaurant in New York City's historic Harlem neighbourhood, on an unusually warm night in the middle of February, an audience of 120 people sits spellbound while a forgotten gem is...
View ArticlePERU: Time to Adapt to Climate Change Impact on Women's Lives
This year's unusually rainy season in Peru is having a negative effect on the wellbeing and health of women in rural areas who are forced, for example, to spend three times as much time walking to...
View ArticleLatin America, Testing Ground for Chinese Yuan
China is looking to Latin America to experiment with the yuan, or renminbi, to replace the dollar, taking advantage of the growth in Chinese trade and investment in this region. But because the volume...
View ArticleU.S. Wins Release of NGO Workers, Aid to Egypt Still Vulnerable
After weeks of political pressure from the U.S., Egyptian officials announced Wednesday that the remaining employees of two U.S. government-supported organisations facing a criminal investigation...
View ArticleIsraeli Poll on Iran Undercuts Netanyahu on Eve of Major Meet
On the eve of a critical set of meetings here between top U.S. and Israeli officials, a new survey finds little backing among the Israeli public for a military strike against Iranian nuclear...
View ArticleQ&A: Climate Funding Needs Gender Equity
Gender considerations remain largely disregarded in existing climate funds, even though women are some of the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and agriculture.
View ArticleHard to Stay in Libya, Difficult to Return
At the battered terminal of Tripoli's tiny Mitiga airport, over 150 young men and women jostle to be repatriated home to Nigeria on Libya's Buraq airlines. This journey to Lagos is one of hundreds the...
View ArticleMore Japanese Turn Against Whaling
The arrest and release of a Dutch activist in Japan has put in bad light this country's refusal to heed international calls to limit traditional dolphin and whale hunting practices in favour of...
View ArticleQ&A: Needed: Common Caribbean Strategies Against Climate Change
Subject to the double impact of the global economic crisis and climate change, the Caribbean island nations are in need of adaptation strategies in which international cooperation and citizen...
View ArticleKENYA: Microloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope with Climate Change
At Gakoromone Market in Meru, in Kenya's Eastern Province, Ruth Muriuki arrives in a pickup full of tomatoes and cabbages despite the scarcity of rainfall in the area, thanks to the greenhouse...
View ArticleArgentine Women Refused Legal Abortions in Cases of Rape
For over 90 years, a law in Argentina has allowed women who become pregnant as a result of rape to have an abortion. However, hospitals often refuse to carry out the procedure, instead referring the...
View ArticleU.N. Meet Holds Governments to Account on Women's Equality
In 2008, delegates meeting for the annual U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) agreed that much greater investments in women and gender equality were a critical – and overlooked – aspect of...
View ArticleFacing Painful Cuts and Tuition Hikes, U.S. Students "Occupy Education"
Shawn Deez, a freshman in peace and conflict studies, says she thinks she knows why some classes are scheduled at the University of California, Berkeley, and some are not. It's corporate influence...
View ArticleZIMBABWE: Farmers Tackle Water Problems Fuelled by Climate Change
Beauty Moyo's desire for access to water has finally been met. The rains that fell in the past week after a long dry patch have awakened this small-holder farmer deep in rural Plumtree, Zimbabwe on...
View ArticleSuicides Soar in Kashmir
On Feb. 6, a young girl committed suicide by swallowing poison at her home in Kashmir. A few weeks later a teenaged girl from Srinagar hung herself at her residence.
View ArticleU.N. Chief Exercises Selective Transparency in Key Posts
As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Friday the appointments of two of his most senior officials, he has also broken new ground in his global search for a new team: an advertisement in a British...
View ArticleWill Bibi Have Barack Over a Barrel (of Oil)?
While Israeli leaders historically have enjoyed not insignificant influence with their U.S. counterparts, Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu will likely arrive at the White House next week with...
View ArticlePictures Worth a Thousand Memories
There's a story behind each of the 1,100 photos. Each photo is worth a thousand words and memories. Seventy-four-year-old Bracha Aris is a Holocaust survivor. She's always kept her lips sealed about...
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