Courtesy: WaterAid/ CS Sharada Prasad/ Safai Karmachari Kavalu Samiti NEW DELHI, Apr 10 2020 (IPS) – In addition to healthcare professionals, there is another group… Read More »How Can We Support Sanitation Workers During COVID-19?
Jessore district in Bangladesh was one of the coastal districts evacuated of nearly 2.4 million people and over half a million livestock ahead of Cyclone Amphan… Read More »Cyclone Amphan – ‘We Didn’t Expect Devastation of Such a Scale’
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Credit: United Nations Jun 29 2020 (IPS) – While COVID-19 has made the headlines every day over the past two months, services for tuberculosis (TB),… Read More »Managing an Epidemic Within a Pandemic
Nicolas de Rivière is President of the Security Council for the month of June 2020 and Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations. Nicolas… Read More »The Charter of the United Nations: Ideals for Shaping Our Reality
H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President-elect of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten NEW YORK, Sep 14 2020 (IPS)… Read More »INTERVIEW: the top diplomat shepherding the General Assembly through its 75th year
As the pandemic evolves, it will be critical to ensure that young people have access to quality services for counselling and other tools for psychosocial… Read More »India: How Did Young People Access Care During the Lockdown?
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The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day, March 8. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO PARIS and REYKJAVIK,… Read More »International Women’s Day, 2021The World Not Only Needs Women Leaders – It Needs Feminist Leaders