Delhi’s waste pickers walk 3-4 km under the blazing sun, collecting and sorting the garbage that keeps India’s capital ...

CIVICUS discusses the challenges facing Nepal’s Dalit community with Rup Sunar, chairperson of the Dignity Initiative, a Kathmandu-based research and advocacy organisation working to dismantle ...

As David Attenborough reflects in his new documentary Ocean, “After living for nearly 100 years on this planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea”. We ...

From the blistering heat of Delhi’s streets to Colombo’s humid corners, workers in the informal economy are silently enduring the toll of labour on their bodies and livelihoods. In 2024, South Asian ...

Plastic pollution is choking our planet. An estimated 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year. Less than 10% is ever recycled. Over 23 million tonnes end up in lakes, rivers and oceans ...

A Study Tour on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Bosnia and Herzegovina for lawmakers was held on May 29 and 30 in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 2025 (IPS) - Brazil hopes to soon reap benefits of its largely renewable energy matrix. Data centers, whose demand is growing with the strides made by artificial intelligence, ...

Political instability and conflicts in the Great Lakes, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan have led to massive ...

NEW YORK, May 22 2025 (IPS) - In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that upended humanitarian efforts ...

First-hand account of how immigration courts — once seen as safe — are becoming flashpoints for fear and quiet arrests. The ...

Rumors circulating at UN Headquarters suggest there is little appetite for ambition at the Second World Summit for Social ...

In November, tens of thousands of male olive ridley sea turtles start congregating just 5km nearshore in Odisha, India. They ...