Flashback to a time when women and girls were able to attend school. UNICEF supported Zarghuna Girls School with educational supplies, teachers’ training, and assists in repairing the infrastructure. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe By Abigail Van NeelyUNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 2023 (IPS) Two years have passed since the Taliban re-assumed […]

A view of the Altos de Florida neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia. Overcoming poverty is the first of the Sustainable Development Goals, and in the Latin American and Caribbean region there is not only slow progress but even setbacks in the path to reduce it. CREDIT: Freya Mortales / UNDP By […]

Being Indigenous in Areas of Conflict agnes Fri, 09/15/2023 – 23:39 CSQ Issue 47-3 In the Crossfire: Being Indigenous in Conflict Areas September 2023 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe Dear Cultural Survival Community, Across the globe, too many Indigenous communities live in areas affected by conflict where their lives are […]

Photo: Pixabay/cocoparisienne This year’s string of record-breaking disasters – from deadly wildfires and catastrophic floods to record-high ocean temperatures and record-low sea ice in Antarctica – seems like an acceleration of human-induced climate change. And it is. But not only because greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. What we are also observing is the long-predicted water vapour feedback within the […]

A protest for women’s rights in Puebla, Mexico. Credit: Melania Torres/Forus By Bibbi Abruzzini and Marie L’HostisNEW YORK, Sep 15 2023 (IPS) At the UN SDG Summit in New York, the Forus global civil society network is calling for decisive action on SDG implementation. Clearly, as we hit the midpoint […]