Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS PRAGUE, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – The Russian opposition movement which has risen to prominence since the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections has not said its last word, says 35-year-old Sergey Udaltsov, one of its most visible figures. Leader of the leftist political alliance Left Front and of the [...]
DEATH PENALTY: ‘It Cheapens Human Life’
April 13, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Alma Balopi interviews DUMA BOKO, Motswana death penalty abolitionist GABORONE, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) – In a country where the death penalty enjoys vocal support from both the government and the public, lawyer and politician Duma Boko is not afraid to stand firmly against it. Boko will be [...]
Q&A: Studying Kenyan Farmers’ Efforts to Adapt
March 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Zukiswa Zimela interviews JUDI WAKHUNGU, executive director, African Centre for Technology Studies NAIROBI, Mar 24, 2011 (IPS) – Climate change has become an important part of the development agenda. In Africa, farmers and consumers alike are feeling its effects on productivity and food security. Professor Judi Wakhungu is [...]
Q&A: "Microfinance Is Much More Than Just Credit"
March 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Kanya D’Almeida interviews MARY ELLEN ISKENDERIAN of Women’s World Banking UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23, 2011 (IPS) – A day after U.S. assistant secretary of state for south and central Asian affairs Robert Blake appealed to the Bangladeshi government to reconsider its dismissal of 70-year-old microfinance guru Muhammad Yunus [...]
Q&A: "Women Must Be Part of the Peace Equation"
March 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Rousbeh Legatis interviews MAVIC CABRERA-BALLEZA, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21, 2011 (IPS) – Eleven years ago, 192 countries – all the United Nations member states – agreed to step up the integration of women in international peacebuilding and security processes, a promise that has [...]
Q&A: Needing Surgery Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence
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Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Rousbeh Legatis interviews REINOU GROEN of Surgeons OverSeas UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12, 2011 (IPS) – Surgery saves the lives of millions of people around the world, but only a tiny percent of them live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where a shortage of skills, supplies and infrastructure [...]
Q&A: ‘Women Are Shackled During Childbirth’
March 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Mehru Jaffer interviews FABRIZIA FALCIONE, UN WOMEN VIENNA, Mar 10, 2011 (IPS) – Female Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel are often denied legal representation and medical care while being housed in squalid conditions that can include sharing cells with rodents. According to Fabrizia Falcione,project manager for the Women [...]
Q&A: Rural Women Need Concrete Actions
March 4, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Rousbeh Legatis interviews CATHERINE MABOBORI, Chairwoman of the Solidarité Femmes Parlementaires (SOFEPA) UNITED NATIONS, Mar 3, 2011 (IPS) – Burundi will put U.N. Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security into practice with a National Action Plan (NAP) that is ready to be signed within the coming months. [...]
Q&A: Ordinary Women Have Extraordinary Stories to Tell
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Rousbeh Legatis interviews LOGA VIRAHSAWMY of Gender Links UNITED NATIONS, Mar1, 2011 (IPS) – Ordinary women’s voices are too often ignored when it comes to solving their own problems, admonishes Loga Virahsawmy, Director of the Southern African NGO Gender Links, Mauritius and Francophone Office. As a freelance journalist [...]
