A women-led village council prepares a “social map” of the local community. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS BANGKOK, Jun 26 2014 (IPS) – The Bangkok Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific adopted at the close of the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) here today emphasised community-based solutions, and reflects…
Permaculture enthusiasts with their harvested produce. Credit: Graham Bell/IPS BUDAPEST, Jul 28 2014 (IPS) – Food security is often thought of as a question of diversifying supply and being able to move food through areas plagued by local scarcity, relying on the global economic system – including trade and transport – as the basis for…
Antonio Vigilante is Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative in Liberia An Ebola victim is carried by health workers for burial on May 13, 2014. Credit: ©EC/ECHO/Jean-Louis Mosser MONROVIA, Sep 11 2014 (IPS) – As the Ebola crisis continues to take a toll on people’s lives and livelihoods in…
Srun Srorn, trainer for the E-learning project, shows teachers at Koh Kong High School how the sexual education curriculum works. Credit: Michelle Tolson/IPS KOH KONG PROVINCE, Cambodia, Nov 5 2014 (IPS) – The transition to puberty can be an awkward experience for youth to navigate. In Cambodia, sex education is moving increasingly into the virtual…
In this column, Andrew MacMillan, former director of the Field Operations Division of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and joint author with Ignacio Trueba of ‘How to End Hunger in Times of Crises’, argues that behind the so-called success of globalisation lie problems that are “taken for granted” and little thought is given…
Vehicle ownership in India is projected to hit 400 million by 2040 from the current 170 million, which could prompt a five-fold increase in poisonous gases emitted by cars and trucks. Credit: Neeta Lal/IPS NEW DELHI, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) – Like many others of her age, 15-year-old Aastha Sharma, a Class 10 student at…
Israeli sniper using live ammunition – Ruger rifle with 0.22 mm calibre bullets – against Palestinian stone throwers. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPS RAMALLAH, West Bank, Mar 27 2015 (IPS) – A Palestinian youth lost his fight for life this week after lying critically injured in Ramallah Hospital for days after Israeli soldiers used live ammunition as…
IPS correspondent Neena Bhandari interviews PETER O’NEILL, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea An estimated 36 percent of Papua New Guinea’s eight million people are currently living on less than 1.25 dollars a day. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS SYDNEY, May 25 2015 (IPS) – As Papua New Guinea celebrates 40 years of independence, 2015 marks a…
Latin America’s population is ageing, which poses social and economic challenges, for which there is a new Convention. In the photo, older adults gathered in the town of Cuautitlán-Izcalli, to the north of the Mexican capital, to receive information about economic support for this segment of the population. Credit: Courtesy of the city government of…
José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). ROME, Sep 23 2015 (IPS) – The next 15 years will be decisive for our planet’s future. During this period we will face some of the 21st Century’s greatest challenges, amidst an ongoing and profound transition in the global economy. José Graziano da…