Inter Press Service (IPS) journalist Busani Bafana sat down with Busi Maziya-Dixon, a Senior Food and Nutrition Scientist at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ahead of the 10th International Forum on Food and Nutrition. Maziya-Dixon warns there is no country which will achieve economic development with an undernourished population. Dr. Busi Maziya Dixon, … Read more
The World Health Organisation has released a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) “Cost Calculator” that highlights the massive economic costs societies have to go through as a result of the practice that’s considered a human rights violation by advocates. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 2020 (IPS) – When society doesn t act to prevent Female … Read more
Mar 25 2020 – A global approach is the only way to fight COVID-19, the UN says as it launches humanitarian response plan • UN humanitarian chief warns that failing to help vulnerable countries fight the coronavirus now could place millions at risk and leave the virus free to circle back around the globe. • … Read more
Students learn with tablets in a school in South Africa. Credit: AMO/Jackie Clausen May 25 2020 (IPS) – Many well meaning in South Africa have expressed that in the light of the online self-guided learning could solve some of the current teaching problems and address the educational backlog. What learners need, the reasoning goes, is … Read more
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 9 2020 (IPS) – Within weeks, the Covid-19 epidemic was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an epidemic of international significance, triggering a pre-agreed WHO response. By the end of the first week of April, more than across the world. Anis Chowdhury Many governments of developing, especially poor … Read more
Jay Collins is Vice Chairman Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citigroup* Jay Collins speaks at the informal virtual meeting of the 2020 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development follow-up: “Financing Sustainable Development in the Context of COVID-19”. Credit: United Nations NEW YORK, Apr 30 2020 (IPS) – We are today in a time of crisis—a … Read more
GENEVA, May 19 2020 (IPS) – When the COVID-19 virus travelled from Wuhan, China halfway across the world through Europe, the Americas and beyond in the space of a few weeks, it gave us proof, if one was ever needed, of how tightly interconnected we all are. Not only are our globalized economies interdepended, but … Read more
SINGAPORE, Jun 9 2020 – Politics have exacerbated the already severe pains that the raging COVID Pandemic have been inflicting on the global population. The spread of Coronavirus coincided with three major developments in the global arena. First was the end of what Charles Krauthammer, the American neo-conservative guru had called, as the title of … Read more
Gita Gopinath is Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) WASHINGTON DC, Jun 24 2020 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic pushed economies into a Great Lockdown, which helped contain the virus and save lives, but also triggered the worst recession since the Great Depression. Over 75 percent of countries are now reopening at the … Read more
During the first month of the virus spreading across the globe, one of the regions that governments and health experts were concerned about was South Asia. The region is home to large slums in places such as India and refugee camps in Bangladesh. Over a million Rohingya refugees are now cramped in hilly terrains of … Read more