Q&A: Ecuador Guarantees Right to Free Emergency Contraception
Leisa Sánchez interviews CARINA VANCE, Ecuador’s public health minister Carina Vance: “Our constitution guarantees free access to services, contraceptive methods…
Year: 2024
Obama Pledges to Bring Mental Health “Out of Shadows”
WASHINGTON, Jun 4 2013 (IPS) – President Barack Obama tried Monday to jumpstart a new national discussion on mental health,…
Rebuilding Zimbabwe’s Health System
Anna Mungara (seated, short hair), a midwife in training, who attends the midwifery school at Masvingo Provincial Hospital, Zimbabwe treats…
Slum Farmers Rise Above the Sewers
Alice Atieno attends to her vegetables, right on the doorstep of her shanty in Kibera slum. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS NAIROBI,…
Not Fukushima Again
Japanese protesters are determined to defy efforts to reopen Japan’s nuclear energy installations. Credit: Suvendrini Kakuchi/IPS. TOKYO, Oct 15 2013…
Q&A: The Case for Cutting African Poverty in Half
Bryant Harris interviews MTHULI NCUBE, Chief Economist for the African Development Bank Informal traders at Malanga market on the outskirts…
More Women Weigh Risks and Rewards of At-Home Birthing
Midwives assume the role of the doctor and replaces the more clinical hospital setting with holistic and homeopathic methods. Credit:…
Sahel Food Crisis Overshadowed by Regional Conflict
In 2012 recurring droughts destroyed most harvests in the Sahel. This year feeding chronically hungry people in the Sahel has…
Nigeria’s Nightmare Gives New Momentum to IVAWA
A moment of silence in held in Washington, DC May 6th for the 234 missing Nigerian school girls who were…
Putting Population Management in Pacific Women’s Hands
This is part of a series of special stories on world population and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals on…