Viewpoint by Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE* With over 70% of the global healthcare workforce made up of women and many more shouldering caregiving roles, women are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, but the consequences and new realities of our world have gendered implications that need to be understood. Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE […]
The British and American Press Don’t Tell All on Human Rights Violations
That’s Why We Need Wickileaks and Julian Assange Should Be Exonerated. Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – Julian Assange of Wickileaks languishes in a British jail during a too-long wait for a court to decide if he can be extradited to the US where the government has made clear that it wants to […]
Challenge for the NAM: Move the NPT Review Conference to 2021 in Vienna
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf* VIENNA (IDN) – It is sometimes said that it is easy to try to herd cats than to get the States parties to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to agree on anything practical! This certainly seems to be the case now, as after dithering for several weeks the earth shaking announcement […]
Mexicontagion: Coronavirus & Mexico’s Economic Vulnerability
Viewpoint by Bill Dahl The writer is a former Senior Vice President for Bank of America in Los Angeles, CA. He currently resides in Queretaro, MX. His insightful analysis of global economic affairs have been published widely. He is a contributing columnist for Mexico News Daily, IDN-InDepthNews and Wall Street International Magazine. REDMOND, Oregon, USA […]
Protect Health Workers Serving Like Soldiers At the Frontlines Against COVID-19
Viewpoint by Siddharth Chatterjee and Mutahi Kagwe Mr. Mutahi Kagwe is the Cabinet Secretary for Health in Kenya and Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. This article was first published in Africa Renewal on 24 March 2020. NAIROBI (IDN) – Many soldiers have seen first-hand the horrors of war and, terrifying […]
COVID-19: A Battle Plan for Ensuring Global Food Supplies
Africa Renewal Talks to FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero Cullen NEW YORK (IDN) – The COVID-19 pandemic has put the world on a crisis footing, with unprecedented actions to restrict movements and plans for radical deployment of public funds to combat the threat posed by a novel coronavirus that knows no boundaries. Success will entail […]
UN Aims at Writing A Greener Story in Asia and the Pacific
Viewpoint by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. The writer is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. BANGKOK (IDN) – Rising economic prosperity and poverty reduction may not tell the whole story of progress in Asia and the Pacific. Telling signs in the natural world recount a narrative that is far from complete. This year […]
One-Size-Fits All Approach to COVID-19 Could Have Lethal Consequences for Africa
Viewpoint by Alex Broadbent and Benjamin T.H. Smart* JOHANNESBURG (IDN) – Suppose you had the choice between two health policies, A and B. Policy A would result in the death of a lot of elderly people. Policy B would result in the death of a lot of children, especially infants. Which would you choose? Right […]
The Power of The Black Vote in The US Election
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) – According to the New York Times, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is investing more money and resources in an attempt to attract African-American voters than any previous Republican presidential campaign. The Trump camp believe that with eight months of continuous advertising coupled with the opening of field […]
COVID-19 in Sri Lanka and South Asia: Need for a Rational Policy Response
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1882-1945). Viewpoint by Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake* The writer is a cultural anthropologist with research expertise in international political economy, peace, and development studies in South and South East Asia. COLOMBO (IDN) – COVID 19 is […]