You cannot muzzle the media: Press under Nigeria’s Buhari
By Jonathan Rozen New York, Apr 17 2019 (IPS) – When Nigeria’s incumbent president Muhammadu…
Browsing: Op-Ed
Mining: ‘A Question of Life or Death’
STOCKHOLM, Apr 18 2019 (IPS) – The mining industry is one of the world’s most dangerous…
Brunei Sharia: Stoning for homosexuality, extramarital sex
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 15 2019 (IPS) – Over a week ago – on April 3…
Why prosecution of Julian Assange to trouble press freedom
NEW YORK, Apr 16 2019 (IPS) – After a seven-year standoff at the Ecuadorean embassy in…
Civil society under attack in name of counter terrorism
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 2019 (IPS) – Counterterrorism measures are not only affecting extremist groups, but…
Hard battle ahead for independent Arab media
TUNIS, Apr 12 2019 (IPS) – Sometimes a peak into the future reminds us just how…
It’s time to bring menstrual awareness to workplaces
Menstruation clearly makes for a substantial part of life, so why is it still taboo…
Smart cities hold key to sustainable development
BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 3 2019 (IPS) – Asia and the Pacific’s phenomenal development has been a…
Civil society faces smears, laws, noncooperation
BELGRADE, Apr 10 2019 (IPS) – The murder of Brazilian politician and human rights activist Marielle…
The Sabarmati, Gandhi once chose to live by, now dry, nasty
Significant stretches of Gujarat’s Sabarmati river have gone dry or are plagued with pollution, says…
Rise in cyberlaws spell bad news for SE Asia HR, democracy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 9 2019 (IPS) – Around the globe, cyberspace has become the new…
Finding a way to food sustainability
AUSTIN, United States, Apr 9 2019 (IPS) – There’s much to think about regarding food this…
10 orgs highlighting the true cost of food
Danielle Nierenberg I’m thrilled to join the Global Alliance for the Future of Food and…
NGOs blast US for undermining Int’l Criminal Court
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 8 2019 (IPS) – As it paves a destructive path against international institutions…
Safeguarding the health of people and planet thru food
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 6 2019 (IPS) – Food sustainability, both in production and consumption, is at…
Growing ethnic, religious intolerance threat to Asean peace?
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 5 2019 (IPS) – When the one-year anniversary of Malaysia’s historic presidential…
Dams blamed for shrinking area, farm output in Kaveri delta
by K.A. Shaji • The delta of river Kaveri, which is the agricultural backbone of…
Japan’s gender gap
CHICAGO, Illinois, Mar 27 2019 (IPS) – Japan is not making progress in gender equality, at…
Education for all—refugees too
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 2019 (IPS) – Young Rohingya refugees are now facing new hardships as…
Acute food insecurity ‘far too high’ as 113 million go hungry
Approximately 113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity last year,…
Grassroots organising points in fight against repression
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 2 2019 (IPS) – “I never thought it would get so big and I…
The NPT and conditions for nuclear disarmament
By Daryl G. Kimball Washington DC, Apr 1 2019 (IPS) – Fifty years ago, shortly…
Sri Lanka: Don’t end death penalty moratorium – HRW
The Sri Lankan government should drop plans to resume executions, which would end an unofficial 43-year moratorium…
Cyclone Idai: Time to reassess disaster management
HARARE, Mar 28 2019 (IPS) – It was one of the worst tropical cyclones hit Southern…
HR defenders need to be defended as much as they defend rights
GENEVA, Apr 1 2019 (IPS) – They are ordinary people – mothers, fathers, sisters, sons, daughters,…
Long-term monitoring of the Indian Himalayas to aid conservation
Under the watchful gaze of Indian researchers, six one-hectare plots, earmarked deep inside the undisturbed…
SDGs and Bangladesh: Progress, challenges, missing links
‘Despite various challenges Bangladesh is on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goals’, a recent government…
Rising inequalities in Asia-Pacific a major obstacle to progress
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 28 2019 (IPS) – 2019 will be a defining year for the 2030…
‘Don’t tell my husband I have leprosy’
MAJURO, Mar 28 2019 (IPS) – Meretha Pierson has been a nurse for the past seven…
Green, gray infrastructure mix for water, climate resilience
“Integrating Green and Gray – Creating Next Generation Infrastructure” is a joint report from the…