Although there will be increase in waste generation during the period, the agency promises to leave no stone unturned in ensuring a clean environment. The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has restated its readiness to ensure a clean and sustainable environment during Christmas and New Year festivities.
Read More »Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end – everywhere
In the West, we are often told terrible stories about women in the Global South countries being subjected to male violence and then punished afresh by “community leaders” and the courts. Most feminists in Europe and the US, for example, would know that premarital sex is criminalised in Saudi Arabia …
Read More »U.S. Says It’s Ready to Back U.N. Resolution to Allow More Aid Into Gaza
Health authorities in Gaza say that about 20,000 people, most of them women and children, have been killed in Israel’s campaign, and the U.N. has warned of a humanitarian disaster as the territory’s civic and health care infrastructure collapses. U.N. officials said this month that nearly 60 percent of people …
Read More »South Asian Women, Girls Need Responsive Legal System to Gender Violence
by Ranjit Devraj (new delhi) Thursday, December 21, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (IPS) – Criminal justice systems in South Asia are failing women, despite stark statistics on the prevalence of violence. WHO estimates translate to one in every two women and girls in the region experiencing violence …
Read More »Troops eliminate 40 terrorists, arrest 259 others in 1 week
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while addressing newsmen on the operations of the Armed Forces across the country on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the armed forces conducted synchronised strikes between the ground and air forces on terrorist enclaves and hideouts. According to him, …
Read More »It is time the labour movement takes a stand for Palestine
In 2019, not long before the Canadian province of Quebec moved to pass Bill 21, a law outlawing religious symbols in the public sector, I travelled to the Pennsylvania countryside to take part in training provided by the United Steelworkers (USW), a trade union with members across North America. One …
Read More »Refusing to Accept Loss of Power, Polish Right Occupies State TV
Amid a turbulent change of power, Poland’s main state television news channel went abruptly off the air on Wednesday, as the former governing party sent legislators and other supporters to the public broadcasting headquarters to try to prevent new management from taking over. Members of the ousted former government staged …
Read More »From Bureaucratic Labyrinths to Accessible Civil Registration
Opinion by Alice Wolfle, Tanja Sejersen (bangkok, thailand) Thursday, December 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 21 (IPS) – Have you ever tried to register a birth, a death or maybe your own marriage? Unfortunately, many of these vital events in Asia and the Pacific remain unregistered often with …
Read More »Reclaiming Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan style
Sudhir Kothari, 36, a financial analyst and adviser based in the southern Indian city of Chennai, has ordered a special five-kilogramme (11-pound) choco-truffle cake, garlands and booked dhol (drum) players. The T-shirts, badges and wristbands that he had ordered arrived in time and Rohini Silver Screens theatre has allowed him …
Read More »Air Force trains 568 specialists to enhance proficiency in combat skills
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the 568 personnel were trained at the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Administrative Management (NAFIAM) and Regiment Training Centre (RTC), Kaduna. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, commended NAFIAM and RTC for their continued efforts in training personnel to …
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