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Despite the aggression and abuse she has suffered at the
University of El Salvador because she is a trans woman, Daniela Alfaro is
determined to graduate with a degree in health education. “There is very
little tolerance of us at the university. I thought it would be different
from high school, ... MORE > >
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“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it
from our children” – an ancient Indian saying that encapsulates the essence
of sustainability as seen by the world’s indigenous people. With their deep
and locally-rooted knowledge of the natural world, indigenous peoples have
much to ... MORE > >
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It is a hot, steamy day in Sri Lanka’s northwestern Mannar
District. Mid-day temperatures are reaching 34 degrees Celsius, and the
tarred road is practically melting under the sun. Sarojini Tangarasa is
finding it hard to walk on her one bare foot. Her hands constantly shake and
she has to ... MORE > >
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Despite being one of the world's fastest expanding economies,
projected to clock seven-percent GDP growth in 2017, India – a nation of 1.2
billion – is trailing behind on many vital social development indices while
also hosting one-fourth of the world's poor. While the United Nations
prepares to ... MORE > >
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Food security has become a key issue of the U.N. climate
negotiations this week in Geneva as a number of countries and observers
raised concerns that recent advances in Lima are in jeopardy. While food
security is a core objective of the U.N. climate convention, it has
traditionally been ... MORE > >
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In the movie “A Day Without a Mexican“, the mysterious
disappearance of all Mexicans brings the state of California to a halt. Would
the same thing happen in some Latin American countries if immigrants from
neighbouring countries, who suffer the same kind of discrimination, went
missing? The ... MORE > >
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As the Iranian nuclear talks hurtle towards a Mar. 24
deadline, there is renewed debate among activists about the blatant Western
double standards underlying the politically-heated issue, and more
importantly, the resurrection of a longstanding proposal for a Middle East
free from weapons of mass ... MORE > >
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Right now, the United Nations is negotiating one of the
world’s potentially most powerful policy documents. It can influence
trillions of dollars, pull hundreds of millions out of poverty and hunger,
reduce violence and improve education — essentially make the world a better
place. But much depends ... MORE > >
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On the night of Aug. 14, 2014, 10-year-old Hari Karki woke up
to his grandfather’s loud yelling in the family’s home in Paagma, a small
village in east Nepal. He was warning Hari’s family to move out of the house
immediately because they were getting flooded. It had been raining non-stop
for a ... MORE > >
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Hidden by the struggles to defeat Ebola, malaria and
drug-resistant tuberculosis, a silent killer has been moving across the
African continent, superseding infections of HIV and AIDS. World Cancer Day
commemorated on Feb. 4 may have come and gone, but the spread of cancer in
Africa has been ... MORE > >
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World leaders from government, finance, business, science and
civil society are attempting to negotiate a legally binding and universal
agreement on climate change at the upcoming 21st United Nations Climate
Change Conference being convened in Paris in December. If achieved, which
appears ... MORE > >
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A week of climate negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland Feb.
8-13 are setting the stage for what promises to be a busy year. In order to
reach an agreement in Paris by December, negotiators will have to climb a
mountain of contentious issues which continue to overshadow the talks. One
such issue ... MORE > >
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Healthcare and Public Health. IPS Newsletter. Cancer Locks a Deadly Grip on Africa.
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