The slashing of US aid funding by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and cuts or planned cuts in international support by several European states, threaten to cut off the oxygen supply to a civil society ...

Local communities are witnessing progress in their mission for justice, 36 years after the Panguna copper mine became the centre of landowner grievances.

As the United States confronts the unflinching demographic piper with the stark facts of reality, the new administration and Congress are denying, disengaging and dismantling. Across virtually every ...

Winds are also changing in trade policy. As they get rougher and more unpredictable, the much-criticised multilateral trade regime of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has so far proved surprisingly ...

After the lifting of a six-year moratorium on logging in public forests, trucks ferrying logs are seen on highways in ...

The Siddi community, descendants of slaves from Africa, is now becoming more involved with mainstream enterprises, including a forest homestay venture ...

When UN Secretary-General António Guterres appeared before the Rohingya refugees to join an iftar party in Ukhiya refugee camp, he was greeted by thousands.

After three years of bloodshed, the people of Ukraine are in limbo as peace negotiations, instigated by the US President, remain unpredictable.

In the “Pact for the Future”, adopted by consensus by the United Nations General Assembly last September, Member States came together to recognize these challenges and to agree on a series of ...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 2025 (IPS) - The Trump administration’s decision to abandon DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion— which was aimed at promoting fair treatment in the work place, is having its ...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 13 2025 (IPS) - Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan nearly four years ago, human rights have begun diminishing for over 14 million women. Heightened gender ...