Credit: Palestine Campaign.Org By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 2020 (IPS) The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has described the much-ballyhooed US Middle East peace plan as “more like Swiss cheese– with the cheese being offered to the Israelis and the holes to the Palestinians”. “There are many ways to end the occupation, but the
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30 January 2020
US Mideast Peace Plan: Israelis Offered the Cheese & Palestinians the Holes
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30 January 2020
Greta Thunberg files application to trademark her name
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Climate activist also applied to register name of climate movement Fridays for Future The climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she has applied to register her name and that of the Fridays For Future movement she founded in 2018, which has gone global and catapulted her to international fame. The move would allow legal action
29 January 2020
Climate breakdown ‘is increasing violence against women’
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Exclusive: attempts to tackle crisis fail because gender issues are not addressed, report finds Climate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability to tackle the crises, a major report has concluded. Attempts to repair environmental degradation and adapt
29 January 2020
Inclusive Education Still Evades People with Disabilities
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Idriss Moumin, president of the Association for the Physically Disabled in Djibouti, says that understanding, dignity and honouring of rights of the disabled are very important for inclusive education. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella PaulDJIBOUTI CITY, Jan 29 2020 (IPS) Neema Namdamu, 42, grew up in the village of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
29 January 2020
Urbanization as a Path to Prosperity
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Chris Wellisz. Credit: Porter Gifford By Chris WelliszWASHINGTON DC, Jan 29 2020 (IPS) Growing up in New York City in the 1970s, Edward Glaeser saw a great metropolis in decline. Crime was soaring. Garbage piled up on sidewalks as striking sanitation workers walked off the job. The city teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. By
29 January 2020
Addressing the Low Female Representation in STEM Education
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Data by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), shows that only 35 percent of students studying STEM in higher education globally are women. At primary and lower secondary levels, less than half of schools in sub-Saharan Africa have no electricity, computers or even access to the internet. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce
28 January 2020
When the fires stop, let’s extend our sense of national unity beyond the immediate crisis
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To address the urgent threat of climate change, we must stop dividing people along the faultlines of class and culture One of the few silver linings of the horrendous bushfires across the country has been the sight of people setting aside their differences to help one another during this time of crisis. “Natural” disasters don’t
28 January 2020
Essential poll: 51% of voters think PM should have sacked Bridget McKenzie over sports rorts
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Following the sports grant revelations, support grows for an independent federal anti-corruption body Fifty-one per cent of voters believe the prime minister, Scott Morrison, should have sacked the Nationals minister Bridget McKenzie over her handling of the $100m sports rorts affair, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The latest survey of 1,080 respondents, taken
28 January 2020
Burkina Faso shattered by world’s fastest growing displacement crisis
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By PRESS RELEASEJan 28 2020 (IPS-Partners) The number of people displaced in Burkina Faso increased tenfold last year to over 560,000. The figure is predicted to skyrocket to 900,000 people by April as horrific violence continues to force families from their homes. “Burkina Faso needs more than bullets and bombs. Military engagement alone is failing
28 January 2020
Global heating may lead to wine shortage
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Rise of 2C would cause 56% loss of vineyard land, while 4C would wipe out 85% From wildfires to rising tides, the climate crisis is already bringing many threats. Now scientists say it may also bring a shortage of many popular wines. Researchers looked at the land suitable for 11 popular varieties of wine grape