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Caroline Awuor plants seedlings on her farm in Siaya County, western Kenya. She is a beneficiary of the My Farm Trees Project. Credit: Jackson Okata/IPS by Jackson Okata (Siaya, Kenya) Monday December 8, 2025 Inter-Press Office SIAYA, Kenya, Dec 8 (IPS) – Morris Onyango has been trying for years to reforest his degraded land on […]
In Hela Province, in the far interior of mainland PNG, rural women would have to travel considerable distances by road or air to reach a hospital that provides mammograms for breast screening. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS by Catherine Wilson (Sydney, Australia) Friday October 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office SYDNEY, Australia, Oct 24 (IPS) – The burden of […]
Women’s rights have been steadily eroding in Afghanistan since 2021. Credit: UN Women | The recent power outage has shown how important the internet has become for Afghan women and how when that connection is lost, hope fades and isolation ensues. Opinion by UN Women (New York) Wednesday October 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office NEW YORK, […]
Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (Tokyo) Friday October 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office TOKYO, Oct 10 (IPS) – The cinema hall of Tokyo’s Toda Peace Memorial Hall fell silent as the Kazakh filmmaker and human rights activist Aigerim Seitenova stepped forward in a black T-shirt and green skirt to introduce her 31-minute documentary, “Jara – Radioactive Patriarchy: […]
More women must play a role in shaping peace agreements, safety reforms and recovery plans after the conflict, told the Secretary-General António Guterres of the UN to the Security Council. Credit: UN News: UN News Opinion By Sima Bahous (United Nations)) Tuesday, October 7, 2025 Inter Press Service United Nations, October 7 (IPS) – We […]
Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees, focuses at the conference at a high level of the general meeting about the situation of Rohingya-Moslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel ElÃas By Oritro Karim (United Nations)) Wednesday October 1, 2025 Inter Press Service United Nations, 1 October (IPS) – On […]
Women are in a damaged travel scheme in Khan Younis, Gaza. Credit: UNFPA/Media Clinic Opinion By the Peace Research Institute Oslo (Oslo, Norway)) Thursday, September 25, 2025 Inter Press Service Oslo, Norway, 25 September (IPS) – The battlefield is no longer far away; For millions of women it is next door. An estimated 676 million […]
Marie Kamara speaks about the impact of stigma on women, especially people with disabilities, while trying to gain access to contraceptives. Credit: Madina Kula Sheriff/IPS By Madina Kula Sheriff (Freetown)) Monday, September 22, 2025 Inter Press Service Freetown, September 22 (IPS) – Eunice Dumbuya, a young activist in Freetown, Sierra Leone, still remembers that he […]
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