Refugee Voices Matter – Nothing about Us, Without Us
Displaced, Dec 7 2021 (IPS) – Over the past two years, the global refugee response has been tested. The world is being rocked by the greatest pandemic in over a …
International Women’s Day, 2022Celebrating the Transformative Impact of Women as Non-Formal Educators
The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. A Play Leader in a BRAC Play Lab. Credit: Shananuzzaman Angkan DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 7 …
COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America
Adequate maternal care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is essential to curbing the high maternal mortality rates in Latin America, which stopped falling due to women’s health care …
Eight International Development Priorities for the new UK Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss chairs the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting from her office at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in London. Credit: Simon Dawson / BRIGHTON, UK, Sep …
Persons with Disabilities Integral Players in Determining Innovative Solutions to Fully Inclusive Societies
BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 14 2022 (IPS) – Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make …
“I Was Blind, But Now I See” – Celebrating Malawi’s Progress on World NTD Day
H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera is President of Malawi Vainesi, a former trachoma trichiasis patient, cheers in celebration knowing that trachoma has been eliminated in Malawi. Vainesi had suffered with the …
Our AIDS Response Must Acknowledge and Bridge Gendered Digital Inequalities
The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. Anne Githuku-Shongwe is the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa Director …
The Last Mile to Malaria Elimination: Confronting Gender Inequalities & Power Dynamics
Young girls chat while sitting under a mosquito net in Bienythiang, South Sudan. Credit: UNICEF/Mark Naftalin World Malaria Day, April 25, is an occasion to highlight the need for …
What Sub-Saharan African Nations Can Teach the U.S. About Black Maternal Health
While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. policymakers can look to sub-Saharan Africa for guidance on reversing this trend. …
Transforming Africa’s Food Systems: Challenges & Opportunities
Ibrahim Mayaki, the Africa Union Special Envoy for Food Systems, previously served as the CEO of the AU Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). Ahead of the UN Food System Stocktaking Moment scheduled …