Not in the Name of the Quran

Dr. Mohammad Al-Habash, director of the Islamic Studies Centre in Damascus speaks to IPS on the Death Penalty. Read more: ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105191

Lao Women Take A Bow

Lao women artists have been trying to create more space in arts, literature and performance circles for discussion of issues relevant to women, but the path to doing this has not always been easy. Against this backdrop, the recognition that they received in the 2011 artist awards in Laos was a long-awaited one. Video report by Vannaphone Sitthirath for IPS Asia-Pacific.

Do more than talk say gender activists

Gender activists at the fifth SADC water dialogue, in Swaziland, say the time for talking about gender and poverty reduction is past; they say action is now needed to address the needs of the poor in Africa.

Mario Lubetkin – IPS Award 2008

 

Mario Lubetkin – Tierramerica

 

Lula – IPS Award 2008

 

Mario Lubetkin | Lula – IPS Award 2008

 

Enrique Iglesias – IPS Award 2008

 

Healthier Kids Healthier Development by Vannaphone Sitthirath

 

DEVELOPMENT: Women Leading Bangladesh Away from the LDC Tag | LDC-IV

“In the garments sector we have a revolution," Nasreen Awal Mintoo, president of the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh, told IPS. A women-led revolution, she says, that will help uplift the entire country. Sanjay Suri reports from the fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul, Turkey. ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55656

DEVELOPMENT: Chinese Step In, Efficiently | LDC-IV

For Jany Chen, CEO of Shanghai Environmental Group, concern often raised in Europe and North America about the Chinese invasion of Africa is a lot of wasteful talk that deserves to be flushed down the toilet. Sanjay Suri reports from the fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul, Turkey. ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55652

SOUTH UNITES FOR LDCs, Sanjay Suri reports for IPS from LDC-IV in Istanbul

Within the broad failure of the weeklong Fourth U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) in Istanbul that concluded Friday, many delegates are taking heart in a strengthening South-South front that has emerged. “We would like to push for greater South-South cooperation because in our opinion it's one way for LDCs to have more political autonomy to design their own policies and formulate their own priorities, and to implement policies that are in the best interests of their citizens.” ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55629

BIZARRE BAZAAR: Market Forces Rise Above Declarations | LDC-IV

At the Fourth U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul, a battery of Turkish companies set up stalls at a bazaar, eager to sell to businesses from the LDCs. Sanjay Suri reports on this “private sector track” of the conference that ran parallel to the meetings' gabfest.

LDCs CANNOT CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR WTO DEAL, Sanjay Suri from IPS speaks with Valentine Rugwabiza of the WTO.

We are not at the origins of this impasse, we are not the ones preventing the round from progressing, but we are the ones who are going to pay the highest cost,” Rugwabiza told IPS. LDCs are seeking a mini trade deal ahead of any worldwide agreement under the Doha Round of trade negotiations. The talks - underway since 2001 - have slowed to almost a halt, and the rise of emerging Southern economies has made the donor-client rhetoric of many players in the talks increasingly irrelevant. ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55590

POPULATION: Promise Rises With a Problem | LDC-IV

ISTANBUL, May 10, 2011 (IPS) - On the face of it, a rapidly rising population among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) spells the usual doom about adequate resource distribution. But the least developed are also among the youngest in the world - and well channelled, they can be a valuable asset, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) head Babatunde Osotimehin told IPS.

IPS Gender and Development Glossary

 

Food security in Bolivia

 

Hopewell Football Club: playing to win

Youth in rural South Africa have taken a leadership role in promoting safer sex

IBSA Editors Forum, Brasilia

As the leaders of the IBSA and BRIC groupings met in Brasilia on April 15, IPS hosted an official meeting of leading media editors from Brazil, India and South Africa. IPS Director General Mario Lubetkin and the chair of the IPS core donors group, Carlos Roberto Tiburcio de Oliveira, presented the recommendations from the meeting to President Lula, Prime Minister Singh, President Zuma, their Ministers and delegations, in a segment broadcast live on Brazilian national television. Read more: ips.org/institutional/ibsa-editors-forum-brasilia/

IBSA Editors Forum, Brasilia

As the leaders of the IBSA and BRIC groupings met in Brasilia on April 15, IPS hosted an official meeting of leading media editors from Brazil, India and South Africa. IPS Director General Mario Lubetkin and the chair of the IPS core donors group, Carlos Roberto Tiburcio de Oliveira, presented the recommendations from the meeting to President Lula, Prime Minister Singh, President Zuma, their Ministers and delegations, in a segment broadcast live on Brazilian national television. Read more: ips.org/institutional/ibsa-editors-forum-brasilia/

Women’s organisations in Argentina

In Argentina today, there are many and very diverse movements and organisations with a gender perspective. Mujeres Públicas is not looking to construct rigid messages. Its aim is to raise questions, using messages that have diverse, ambiguous and open meanings. Sonia Sánchez is a woman characterised by her constant search, her rebelliousness and her non-stop movement. These two groups represent two ways of organising, of daring to create new spaces without closing any doors.