KENYA: Post Election Violence Victims Still Suffer
Peter Kahare RIFT VALLEY, Kenya , Aug 10 2011 (IPS) – The Mawingu camp for internally displaced persons affected by Kenya s 2007- 2008 post-election violence is a desolate place. …
INDIA: ‘Missing Girls is About Femicide’
Nitin Jugran Bahuguna DEHRADUN, Sep 18 2011 (IPS) – India has been ranked the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women, but the widespread practice of selectively aborting …
JAPAN: Women Fight to Save Fukushima’s Children
Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO, Nov 6 2011 (IPS) – Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation …
U.S.: Despite Obesity Crisis, Govt Slow to Rein in Fast Food Industry
Unless leaders act promptly, climate change and environmental degradation will only worsen and cause greater global problems, scientists warn. Crustmania/CC by 2.0 NEW YORK, Dec 23 2011 (IPS) – When …
Greeks Discover the Politics of Poverty
ATHENS, Feb 16 2012 (IPS) – According to European mainstream economists and politicians, the solution to the Greek debt crisis, and the only option for returning the country to a …
Saving Mothers’ Lives One Midwife at a Time in South Sudan
Andrew Green* JUBA, Mar 24 2012 (IPS) – Martha Borete Angela s gaze sinks to the ground as she admits neither of her two children was delivered by a midwife …
Epidemic of Premature Births in Rich and Poor Nations Alike
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, May 3 2012 (IPS) – Fifteen million babies, or more than one in 10 infants, are born prematurely each year. Over one million die soon after birth, or …
Mexico’s Spiral of Violence Causes Spike in PTSD
“Help us find them” reads a sign with photos of victims of forced disappearance, put up by their families. Credit: Daniela Pastrana/IPS MEXICO CITY, Jun 7 2012 (IPS) – Since …
Cultivating Toxic Crops
Hudiara drain winds through thick foliage of shrubs and trees, in the border village of Burki. Credit: Irfan Ahmed/IPS LAHORE, Jul 25 2012 (IPS) – At a time when spiraling …
General’s Defence on Afghan Scandal Ducks Key Evidence
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 2012 (IPS) – Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the former commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, denied to a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that he had …