Susan Anyangu-Amu
NAIROBI, Aug 23 2010 (IPS) – During every year that ends in an even number, the month of August is a special occasion for young men in Kenya s Western Province. During this month thousands of boys aged between 10 and 18 undergo male circumcision something that is seen as an important rite of passage into manhood among their communities. But it is also a time were nearly half the young men circumcised will have to fight for their lives.
Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM, Aug 24 2011 (IPS) – When world leaders meet in Brazil next June for a U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, the third since the landmark 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the question lingering in the minds of many is: what really is sustainable development in the context of a fast-changing world of growing poverty, hunger, pollution, political repression and social unrest?
For Sweden, one of the key donors of development aid to the world’s poorest countries, it means good governance, democracy, capacity building, human development and people’s power.
My basic premise for global sustainability is a people-centred approach: sustainable development must consider the rights, needs and influence of everyone, says Gunilla Carlsson, Swed…
Filipino rice farmers claim that national heritage sites like the 2,000-year-old Ifugao Rice Terraces are threatened by the looming presence of genetically modified crops. Credit: Courtesy Diana Mendoza
MANILA, Nov 26 2014 (IPS) – Jon Sarmiento, a farmer in the Cavite province in southern Manila, plants a variety of fruits and vegetables, but his main crop, rice, is under threat. He claims that approval by the Philippine government of the genetically modified ‘golden rice’ that is fortified with beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A, could ruin his livelihood.
Sarmiento, who is also the sustainable agriculture programme officer of PAKISAMA, a nati…
Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees have been rescued in Bangladesh after being at sea for two months. Experts are concerned about the spread of coronavirus if these refugees are housed in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar along Bangladesh border with Myanmar. Credit: ASM Suza Uddin/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 2020 (IPS) – Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees have been rescued in Bangladesh after being at sea for two months.
Bangladesh coast guards reported rescuing 382 Rohingyas, including many women and children, who were starving and stuck on a boat as they were trying to reach Malaysia, the on Thursday.
Coast guard spokesman Lt Shah Zia Rah…