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IPS is an international communications institution at the heart of a global news agency that amplifies the voices of the South and civil society on development, globalisation, human rights and the environment. www.ipsnews.net

Climate change hits rural women hardest

Heat waves and floods caused by climate change affect rural women more than men because they exacerbate inequalities, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in a new report. By IPS correspondent The study, “The Unjust Climate”, says that…

Indigenous and minority coastal women lead the conservation of Kenya’s Blue Forest

Fish disappeared from the sea near Tsunza, a village on the Kenyan coast, after several oil spills between 2003 and 2006. This, combined with the disappearance of the mangroves, has had a serious impact on the livelihoods of the women.…

Generating energy from volcanic heat, a new alternative being explored in Colombia

In Caldas and Casanare, two geothermal energy projects are in the exploration and exploitation phase. This renewable energy has a very low environmental impact but poses significant financial challenges due to the high investment required. VILLAMARÍA, Colombia – The heat…

A different world is seen through the lens of gender and sexuality at the WSF

On a white canvas, people painted various structures, objects, and creatures in different colors. Kavita Sada Musahar’s creation was on its way to becoming a painting (with houses, people, birds, trees, and rivers) and a bright red heart. By Tanka…

The World Social Forum insists: Another world is possible

These are the worst of times, but they can become the best of times, said speaker Walden Bello, trying to inspire thousands of progressive activists gathered at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Kathmandu on Thursday, 15 February, with the…

Onerous Debt Making Poorest Poorer

Conditions and prospects are so bad that two well-known cheerleaders for globalization have called on rich nations to take urgent action. The former deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former vice president of the World Bank,…

Milei’s extremism threatens women’s gains in Argentina

María Belén Correa, trans activist for the rights of sexual minorities. She is the creator of the Asociación de Travestis de Argentina and of the Archivo de la Memoria Trans, which documents the history of the struggles of this community…

Global Coalition for Social Justice now has 100 partners

In two months of existence, the Global Coalition for Social Justice has brought together 100 governments, trade unions, employers’ organisations and international institutions, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a statement on Wednesday, 24 January. By IPS Correspondent With…

The new white gold? The promise of natural hydrogen in Colombia

In 1987, a well digging for water in Bourakébougou, a town north of Bamako, the capital of Mali, turned up a strange deposit. It was a dry well, but it emitted a gas. An unsuspecting worker peered into the borehole…

Argentine women take another step forward with law against obstetric violence

In 2014, Johanna Piferrer was 33 weeks pregnant when she suffered the sudden death of her unborn child, revealed by an emergency ultrasound scan. Devastated, she had to wait nine hours in the maternity ward of a hospital in the…

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