IPCI 2024: Technology as a Tool to Advance and Threaten Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
The benefits and challenges of technology in SRHR were a key topics at the International Parliamentarians' Conference on Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action 2024, in Oslo, Norway. Credit: Petter Berntsen / NTB KommunikasjonBy Naureen HossainOSLO, Apr 12 2024 (IPS) Technology emerged as a core theme of IPCI Oslo for its relevance in advancing the objectives of the Cairo Programme of Action.
When channeled for good, it is an effective tool that can fill accessibility gaps in the health sector and spread awareness of sexual and reproductive health rights. Yet, the way in which digital technology has been weaponize...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Population Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Wo Source Type: news
Food Security and Food Safety in Africa Must Go Hand in Hand
Fortified flour bag. Credit: Partners in Food SolutionsBy Monica MusondaLUSAKA, Zambia, Apr 12 2024 (IPS) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has restricted international exports and sent food costs soaring – particularly for vulnerable populations still experiencing shocks from the pandemic and who can least afford to pay more to feed their families. Two years on, global food supply chains are still just as susceptible to serious disruptions caused by war, disease, and climate change. Those inevitable disruptions are leaving those on the African continent particularly vulnerable.
Ensuring people have access to safe and nutr...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Monica Musonda Tags: Africa Economy & Trade Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Women Affected by ‘ Gender-Biased ’ Climate Change Deserve Justice
While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Researchers argue that women and girls have unequal access to food, water, health, education, and even income, thanks to climate change. This makes them more vulnerable. Pedi Obani, an […] (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Africa Climate Change Climate Change Finance Climate Change Justice Development & Aid Editors' Choice Energy Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Gender Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Ter Source Type: news
Breaking the Silence: Gender-Based Challenges in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project ll
This article has been written as part of the Forus March With Us campaign for gender justice – a full month dedicated to the stories of activists and civil society organisations at the forefront of gender equality and justice.
Marianne Buenaventura Goldman is co-Chair, Civil Society Forum of the NDB (Africa) & Project Coordinator for Financing for Sustainable Development, Forus Reitumetse Nkoti Mabula is Executive Director, Seinoli Legal Centre
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marianne Buenaventura Goldman and Reitumetse Nkoti Mabula Tags: Africa Economy & Trade Environment Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women & Economy IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Endowment Funds Can Revolutionise Sarcoma Care in Developing Countries
Kaposi's sarcoma virus. The World Health Organization predicts a 60% rise in global cancer cases over the next two decades, with an 81% increase expected in low- and middle-income countries. Credit: Shutterstock. By Nicholas OkumuNAIROBI, Apr 2 2024 (IPS) Despite global childhood cancer mortality rates dropping by half over the past 50 years, these promising statistics do not extend to Africa and the Global South, where limited resources mean that most cancers are diagnosed at advanced stages.
Consequently, the region reports survival rates of as low as 15% for musculoskeletal sarcomas, a group of cancers that develop in t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicholas Okumu Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
WHO Calls for More Data on Violence Against Older Women and Women With Disabilities
Older women and women with disabilities are underrepresented in global data on violence against women. Credit: WHO/Kiana Hayeri
By Naureen HossainUNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 2024 (IPS) Older women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national and global databases, according to findings shared by the World Health Organization (WHO).
On Wednesday, WHO and UN-Women released two new briefs, the first in a series that will discuss neglected forms of violence, including gender-based violence. The two briefs, titled Measuring violence against older women an...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Inequality Population Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Repo Source Type: news
The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban
Nimco Ali, CEO, The Five Foundation (center), meeting with Andrew Mitchell, (right) Minister for Development, UK, and Harriet King (left), UK High Commissioner to The Gambia. Credit: The Five FoundationBy Alimatu DimonekeneLONDON, Mar 27 2024 (IPS) Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow – lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common.
The report revealed that over 230 million girls and women worldwide have undergone FGM – a 15 per cent increase, or 30...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alimatu Dimonekene Tags: Africa Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Child Malnutrition in Peru Driven Up by Poverty and Food Insecurity
A young Quechua mother, originally from Peru's southern Andes highlands, walks through the streets of Lima, carrying her young daughter in her lliclla (a colorful shawl made by native women in the Andes). A quarter of Peru's rural population under the age of five suffers from chronic malnutrition, clear evidence of inequality, which will have severe impacts on the rural child population. CREDIT: Wálter Hupiú / IPSBy Mariela JaraLIMA, Mar 27 2024 (IPS) Quechua farmer Felipa Noamesa, who lives in the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco, prepares a cream of fava bean soup for breakfast every morning with bread and vegetab...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mariela Jara Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Food and Agriculture Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories TerraViva Unit Source Type: news
Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?
By Jomo Kwame SundaramNEEMRANA, Rajasthan, India, Mar 20 2024 (IPS) Developing countries wanting to pursue industrial policy were severely reprimanded by advocates of the ‘neoliberal’ Washington Consensus. Now, it is being deployed as a weapon in the new Cold War.
Industrial policy vs colonialism
Industrial policy is often seen as pioneered by Friedrich List. But List was inspired by George Washington’s first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton. He advocated promoting manufacturing as the Industrial Revolution was beginning in England.
Jomo Kwame SundaramFor List, post-colonial national development required tari...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Financial Crisis Global Global Geopolitics Health Sustainability TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How
It is critical that African scientists tackle African problems, and the reasons extend beyond access. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Khisi MdluliBOSTON, US, Mar 15 2024 (IPS) I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). People in these two countries share one predominant fear: unemployment. Other worries in these countries and others in the region include unwanted pregnancies, low income and food safety. The diseases that are dreaded the most are cancer and diabetes. Feared infectious diseases include HIV-AIDS, COVID and cholera.
Even though South Africa and eSwatini a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Khisi Mdluli Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
International Women ’s Day, 2024Rural Tajik Woman’s Road to Empowering Women Living with HIV
Takhmina Haidarova, Tajik advocate for the rights of women living with HIV. By Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Mar 7 2024 (IPS) Born and raised in a rural area in a traditional Tajik family, Takhmina Haidarova managed to finish high school with excellent grades and wanted to go to university.
“[But] it was compulsory for my family to give higher education to boys, and girls were trained to be housewives,” she says. Her dream of higher education was instead replaced by an arranged marriage to a cousin.
“I was strongly against this wedding, but my father decided for me and married me to him. I hadn’t even seen him before the wed...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Middle East & North Africa Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health International Women's Day 2024 IPS UN Bu Source Type: news
International Women ’s Day, 2024
By External SourceMar 6 2024 (IPS-Partners)
On March 8th, we celebrate International Women’s Day.
A day to honour the resilience, achievements, and potential of women worldwide.
The world faces crises—geopolitical conflicts, poverty, and climate change.
These exacerbate the global plight of women everywhere.
Furthermore, the global economic and financial systems perpetuate gender inequality.
Less than 50% of working-age women are in the global labour force.
Women spend about three times as many hours on unpaid domestic work as men.
Globally, women in the paid workforce earn 20% less than men on average.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Climate Change Gender Gender Identity Health Inequality Labour Multimedia TerraViva United Nations Video International Women's Day 2024 IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Air Quality Sensors Boosting Nairobi ’s Fight Against Air Pollution
Deborah Adhiambo (43) has been battling mild asthma since 2022, a condition she describes as “both a health and economic burden.’’ The mother of three lives within Dandora Estate, nine miles east of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Dandora is home to Kenya’s largest open landfill, which receives more than 2,000 metric tonnes of waste daily. For […] (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jackson Okata Tags: Africa Climate Action Conferences Development & Aid Environment Featured Headlines Health Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Climate and Clean Air Conference(CCAC) IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya UN Source Type: news
‘ I Haven ’t Forgotten Where I Came From, ’ says Yvonne Pinto, Incoming IRRI Chief
Yvonne Pinto, the incoming Director General of the International Rice Research Institute, at the 5th All Africa Horticulture Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, February 26 to March 1, 2024.
Credit: Supplied by Yvonne Pinto
By Neena BhandariSYDNEY, Feb 28 2024 (IPS) Growing up on a small farming station in Holetta (Ethiopia), Yvonne Pinto would accompany her agriculturist father to the farm, where she would spend her time cross-fertilizing plants. Her tiny fingers making the task easier, as she would marvel at the end product of a prospective new and higher yielding variety. These formative years laid the foundation for her ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Neena Bhandari Tags: Africa Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Development & Aid Editors' Choice Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Middle East & North Africa S Source Type: news
Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amid Sudan ’s Conflict and Forced Displacement
Paleki Ayang, Gender Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, Equality Now By Paleki AyangJUBA, Feb 27 2024 (IPS) Female genital mutilation (FGM) stands as one of the most egregious violations of human rights, particularly affecting women and girls worldwide. However, when conflict and forced displacement enter the equation, the horrors of FGM are exacerbated, creating a dire situation that demands urgent attention and action. Where instability and insecurity prevail, the prevalence of FGM often intensifies, exacerbated by factors such as displacement, poverty, and the breakdown of social systems.
On April 15, 2023, w...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paleki Ayang Tags: Active Citizens Africa Armed Conflicts Civil Society Development & Aid Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Middle East & North Africa TerraViva United Nations Youth female genital mutilation FGM IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
