How Megatrends Affect Advancement of Gender Equality
5 days ago · BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 7 2024 (IPS) - The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted in 1995 during the Fourth World Conference on Women, remains a …
Kristalina Georgieva - Author - Inter Press Service
Looking back to the start of 2020, the world has changed almost beyond recognition. To protect public health, the global economy was put into stasis. Shops closed, factories were …
Bangladesh faces a challenge to ensure welfare of its aging …
Feb 22, 2019 · This report is produced by UNB United News of Bangladesh and IPS Inter Press Service.. DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 22 2019 - (IPS/UNB) – Bangladesh economy’s impressive …
Craig Dube - Author - Inter Press Service
In November 2019, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food described Zimbabwe – a country once hailed as the bread basket of Africa – as a state on the brink of man-made …
Central Asia Has Always Been Important for Europe
BRUSSELS, Sep 3 2019 (IPS) - The EU has presented a new strategy for Central Asia. The first one has been adopted in 2007 and revised in 2015. Where do you see improvements? Our …
Tran Hong Ha - Author - Inter Press Service
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every facet of our lives and delayed what was slated to be a landmark Conference of the Parties (COP26). This pivotal year marks the first …
Kenya: The troubles of a science PhD from the West
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 27 2019 (IPS) - Graduate students of the London School of Economics and Political Science gathered at Kenya’s coast in September 2018, where the Secretary-General …
Paraguay Moves Towards Sustainable Commodities
Jul 2, 2019 · Paraguay Moves Towards Sustainable Commodities. Silvia Morimoto is UNDP Resident Representative in Paraguay. ASUNCION, Paraguay, Jul 2 2019 (IPS) - The statistics …
Cross-country Differences in Income Inequality - Inter Press Service
Sep 1 2016 - In recent years, there has been a growing interest among general people, researchers and policymakers in income inequality, its causes, and its effects. The most …
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The students and the common people of Bangladesh dared to do something in 36 days of July-August that was considered simply impossible by most people just days before August 5, 2024.