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The writer is Gender Team Director at UN Development Programme (UNDP) A healthcare worker collects samples for COVID-19 testing at Mimar Sinan State Hospital in Buyukcekmece district, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2020. New numbers reveal that men outnumber women 3-1 in 225 COVID-19 task forces around the world, while 70 percent of the frontline healthcare workers … Read more

A woman in Madagascar walks for up to 14km a day to find clean water. Credit: UNICEF/Safidy Andrianantenain HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Jul 1 2021 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably amplified the existing vulnerabilities of billions of people worldwide. Marginalized communities in developing countries were excluded from and support. have deepened with the poor … Read more

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 12 2021 (IPS) – The world should now be more aware of likely COVID-19 devastation unless urgently checked. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an to quickly vaccinate many more people to expedite ending the pandemic. New WHO plan Perhaps frustrated after being ignored by rich country governments and … Read more

Nigerians should not be pushing against global COVID-19 vaccine inequity amid widespread looting of the national treasury. Credit: UNICEF/Nahom Tesfaye ABUJA, May 24 2022 (IPS) – Nigeria’s accountant-general, the administrative head of the country’s treasury, has been  by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly stealing 80 billion naira ($134 million). This is a staggering … Read more

On March 6, 2022, Izyum Central City Hospital (Kharkiv oblast) was attacked as a part of what appears to have been a large-scale carpet-bombing campaign. Reportedly, the hospital team had also marked the hospital with a big red cross that could be seen from the air. Credit: UHC BRATISLAVA, Jan 27 2023 (IPS) – While … Read more

Brazilian women demonstrated in São Paulo on Sept. 28, International Safe Abortion Day, which began to be celebrated in Latin America. The activists are promoting the campaign “Neither imprisoned, nor dead” against the repression of women’s right to abortion, which affects even young girls who are entitled to this right by law. CREDIT: Rovena Rosa … Read more