by Kate Holman What are ‘green jobs’? According to the International Labour Organization, they are “decent jobs that contribute to preserve or restore the environment, be they in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in new, emerging green…
When it comes to the military and the judiciary, Pakistan’s journalists are “between a rock and a hard place,” Zohra Yusuf, of the independent non-profit Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, told CPJ.
In the 60th year of an annual tradition, the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) Thursday announced that for 2018 six individuals from Cambodia, East Timor, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam will receive Asia’s premier prize,…
Last week, 200 people were injured and 131 died in a suicide bombing in Mastung, Baluchistan. This attack was second most deadly since the 2014 Army Public School Attack in Peshawar, KhyberPukhtunkwah, which killed 144 people. This recent attack was…
By Daniel Gutman Buenos Aires, Jul 23 2018 (IPS) – How should cities address the problem of waste? The most important thing is to set a clear objective: that the day will come when nothing will be sent to final…
By Chandra Muzaffar The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) is shocked to learn that the prominent Indian social activist, Swami Agnivesh, was assaulted on the 17th of July 2018 in the Pakur area of Jharkhand State while leaving…
by John Fitzgibbon According to many commentators, we are now in a crisis of democracy – or rather, ‘liberal democracy’ as Cas Mudde persuasively argues. The time has long since passed where the increasing vote share of populist parties could…
Despite having the strong support of influential global leaders, Bangladesh has “missed” the opportunity to mobilise the world’s superpowers and place pressure on Myanmar to allow for the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees.
By International Organization for Migration The United States, Jul 17 2018 (IOM) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) is a global framework of immense ambition and consequence. It is, as the UN Secretary-General has described it, a…
by Ronald Janssen Many international economic institutions share the idea that collective bargaining should take place at the level of individual companies. For example, the OECD, as far back as its 1994 Jobs Strategy, pushed for more firm-level bargaining by…
By Elma Berisha When Tariq Ramadan, the respected Oxford Professor of Islamic Studies, voluntarily flew from London to Paris to be questioned over rape allegations, which he vehemently denied and for which evidence is yet nowhere to be found, he…
South Africans are marking the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth with acts of charity in a country still struggling with deep economic inequality 24 years after the end of white minority rule.
A resolution to encourage breastfeeding at the recent World Health Assembly in May this year provoked the US to threaten Ecuador and the World Health Organization (WHO) with retribution.
by Michael Davies-Venn After several months massaging Canadians, then US President Barack Obama announced his decision on the Keystone XL pipeline: “America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change. And frankly,…
By Todd Schneider, Gee Hee Hong and Anh Van Le Washington DC, Jul 13 2018 (IPS) – While automation will eliminate very few occupations entirely in the coming decades, it is likely to have an impact on portions of almost…
In a speech marking the 100th birthday of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President Barack Obama will urge youth around the world to work for human rights and fair societies, highlighting the late South African leader’s example of persevering…
by Maxwell Gomera, Edward Mabaya Cambridge – On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.” By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries…
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka celebrates its 18th founding day observed as the “University Day” on July 15 2018. The Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is the oldest and most accomplished higher agricultural education institution of the Indian…
By Maged Srour ROME, Jul 12 2018 (IPS) – Deforestation and unsustainable farming are depriving the planet of forests, while destructive practices in fishing are limiting the chance to sustainably manage our oceans.
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jul 13 (IPS) – Land degradation caused by human activities is occurring at an alarming rate across the world, and the cost will be steep if no action is taken.
Dear Friends and Family, I am due to join the al-Awda (The Return) Freedom Flotilla to Gaza this week on its last leg from Europe to Gaza. She has started her journey from Norway on the 70 Anniversary of the…
You were there when the treaty establishing the ICC was completed 20 years ago. What was that like? It was a six-week rollercoaster ride of intense negotiations, preceded by three years of negotiations at United Nations headquarters in New York…
From Danielle Nierenberg To celebrate summer, Food Tank has gathered 18 of the latest books in food and agriculture. These books highlight how to make better dietary choices, improve food policy and advocacy, and explore the possibilities of animal welfare,…
This weekend I sat in my local bar in Brooklyn, New York and, alongside an enthusiastic and racially diverse group of English fans, watched England defeat Sweden to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.
“Now we live well,” say both Givaldo and Nina dos Santos, after showing visiting farmers their 1.25-hectare farm in Brazil’s semi-arid Northeast, which is small but has a great variety of fruit trees, thanks to innovative water and production techniques.
by Carlos Joly Money matters. Money in national budget allocations determines who gets health care, who gets educated, who gets unemployment cover, which industries and companies are favoured, and whether the country goes to war. Obviously, national budget line items…
Fifty years ago at the International Conference on Human Rights, family planning was affirmed to be a human right. It is therefore apt that the theme for this year’s World Population Day is a loud reminder of this fundamental right.
While the world’s population has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, little is still understood about fertility transition and the reasons behind it.
by Vanya Grigorova The declared objectives of the proposed Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions published by the European Commission are praiseworthy but the measures envisaged are far from satisfactory.
Nava Thakuria Guwahati, July 9 – We finished the first half of 2018 with the shocking news that broke from America, one of the professed liberal spaces for journalists in a democracy on Earth. A gunman stormed into the newsroom…