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2015/2/19	Click here for the online version of this IPS newsletter
	LGBTI Community in Central America Fights Stigma and Abuse Edgardo Ayala 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 > >
	Indigenous Peoples – Architects of the Post-2015 Development Agenda Valentina Gasbarri “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 > >
	Maimed by Conflict, Forgotten by Peace: Life Through the Eyes of the War-Disabled Amantha Perera 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 > >
	Millennium Development Goals: A Mixed Report Card for India Neeta Lal 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 > >
	Keeping Food Security on the Table at U.N. Climate Talks Denise M. Fontanilla and Chris Wright 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 > >
	Latin American Migrants Suffer Prejudice in Their Own Region Fabiana Frayssinet 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 > >
	Israel’s Obsession for Monopoly on Middle East Nuclear Power Thalif Deen 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 > >
	Getting Bang for the Buck on New Development Goals Bjørn Lomborg 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 > >
	Nepali Children in Dire Need of Mental Health Services Mallika Aryal 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 > >
	Cancer Locks a Deadly Grip on Africa, Yet It’s Barely Noticed Jeffrey Moyo 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 > >
	Warming, Wildfires and Worries Joseph Chamie 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 > >
	U.N. Climate Talks Advance Link Between Gender and Climate Change Denise M. Fontanilla 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 > >