Camila Staff/Board Photo /sites/default/files/2025-01/Imagen%20de%20WhatsApp%202025-01-07%20a%20las%2009.03.22_677243d8.jpg agnes Wed, 01/08/2025 – 08:48 Staff/Board Category Staff Camila Paz Romero (Quechua), Keepers of the Earth Program Assistant, was born in Chile and lives in Wallmapu, the ancestral territory of the Mapuche Peoples. She has worked with several organizations advocating for Indigenous rights, the protection of […]
Read MoreDisplaced Palestinians walk through the Nour Shams camp in the West Bank. Credit: UNRWA/Mohammed Alsharif By Norman SolomonSAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jan 7 2025 (IPS) When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that “we […]
Read MoreThe partners of global law firm K&L Gates LLP have voted to elect the following individuals from across the firm’s global platform as new partners, of counsel, government affairs counselors, and government affairs advisors with the firm, effective January 1. The group comprises 33 individuals from all nine of the […]
Read MoreNepal Report Date January 6, 2025 jamie Mon, 01/06/2025 – 09:19 Report Type Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Report File Nepal CEDAW FINAL.pdf (268.74 KB)
Read MoreBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 6 2025 (IPS) In 2021, the Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr became the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded the Prix Goncourt, France’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize. Literature His novel, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, The most Secret Memory of […]
Read MoreCredit: White House By James E. JenningsATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 3 2025 (IPS) The fireplace in the State Dining Room of the White House that says, “May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.” President John Adams wrote that in a letter to his wife Abigail in […]
Read MoreThe landscape of subscription contracts is changing around the world, with a heavy focus on consumer protection. In the United States, the recently released “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs,” was reported on 16 October 2024 and aimed at bringing transparency and simplicity for consumers entering into […]
Read MoreCompany One Theatre, in partnership with the Boston Public Library, announces the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of HAUNTED Country United States agnes Thu, 01/02/2025 – 11:38 Issues Human Rights Languages and Cultures Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image Company One Theatre, in partnership with the […]
Read MoreBy CIVICUSJan 2 2025 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the challenges Palestinian civil society faces in resisting digital suppression and advocating for justice with Palestinian lawyer and researcher Dima Samaro. As the director of Skyline International for Human Rights, Dima advocates for digital freedoms and human rights in the Middle East […]
Read MoreBy External SourceDec 28 2024 (IPS-Partners) The world’s troubles deepened in 2024. Civilians bore the brunt of war. Violence in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Haiti, and more displaced over 100 million people worldwide. Over 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children, according to the UN Human Rights […]
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