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Five Ways to Measure the Effects of a Crisis Like COVID-19 on Women
Mercedes Sayagues/IPSJOHANNESBURG, May 24 2021 (IPS) - Social issues and crises tend to affect .…
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Water: A Matter of Survival in the World of Pandemics
A woman in Madagascar walks for up to 14km a day to find clean water.…
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Cuba, a Small Island State Seeking to Manage Its Vulnerability
This article forms part of the special IPS coverage of the Solutions Forum, a high-level…
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Mounting Scramble for Coronavirus Vaccines in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans readily join the COVID-19 vaccine queues, but the rollout hasn’t been smooth. Credit: Jeffrey…
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: What Went Wrong During India’s COVID-19 Response
During the pandemic, there was little support from the government when it came to making…
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Health Workers Lauded for Role in Leprosy Treatment During Pandemic
Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination and Chairperson of the Nippon Foundation, thanks…
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Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 17 2022 (IPS) - 2022 marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19…
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Call to Invest ‘Serious Resources’ in Education, to Stem Tide of Child Labour
Significant investments from the international community will be needed to get free quality education for…
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Abortion in Canada—Legal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma
While abortion in Canada has been legal for decades, procuring one is difficult for many.…
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Public Development Banks Can’t Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
Civil society organisations at the Finance in Common Summit. Credit: Noel Emmanuel ZakoABIDJAN, Ivory Coast…