Tag Archives: resilience

Youth mental health in Sri Lanka was the focus of an APDA-supported two-day workshop. Credit: ILO by Cecilia Russell (sri jayawardenepura kotte & athens) Monday, March 25, 2024 Inter Press Service SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE & ATHENS, Mar 25 (IPS) – Sri Lankan lawmaker Hector Appuhamy, in conversation with IPS ahead of …

There is an urgent need to have actionable strategies to help strengthen plants and agricultural resilience to drought, heat waves, elevated temperatures, flooding, extreme precipitation, and insect outbreaks. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Aug 18 (IPS) …

Olivier De Schutter Opinion by Olivier De Schutter (brussels, belgium) Monday, August 07, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 07 (IPS) – The fragile state of global food systems has reached a crossroads. Recent headlines underscore the profound challenges we now confront. The United Nations released sobering statistics that 122 …

Leading efforts by 25 UN entities and several partners for the last four years, she has been reflecting on efforts to achieve national sustainable development priorities that tap into Mozambique’s immense resources and potential. “Mozambique and the Mozambican people are wonderful. The potential for sustainable development is enormous, considering its …

HOSTOMEL, Ukraine — The gigantic twin tail fins, once stretching as high as a six-story building, are gone. So are the tailplane, flaps, hydraulic systems, fuel pumps and three of six engines of the plane, which was destroyed in fighting in the first days of the war. Piece by piece, …

Credit: UN Women Opinion by Magdalena Sepulveda (geneva, switzerland) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. GENEVA, Switzerland, Mar 06 (IPS) – Gender inequality exacerbates the impact of natural disasters, and the consequences of natural disasters …

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For all the talk of victory, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks in Washington revealed hints about his worries for the year ahead.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians raced to repair the damage and restart services on Saturday, a day after one of the heaviest Russian missile assaults on infrastructure killed at least five people and knocked out power and water in many of the country’s main cities. With Ukrainians already on edge about …

Dr Svetlana Alexandrova, Medical Director of the Chernihiv Psychoneurological Hospital, and Yevgen Skydan, Technical Specialist, walk Todd Bernhardt and his team through the basement where patients and staff were sheltered during the Russian invasion. Credit: International Medical Corps by Seimi Chu (stanford) Tuesday, August 09, 2022 Inter Press Service Stanford, Aug …