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Opinion: Kerry Going Back Home
In this column, Joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, writes that when he visits Havana on Friday Aug. 14...
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Opinion: Women in the Face of Climate Change
Renee Juliene Karunungan, 25, is the advocacy director of Dakila, a group of artists, students, and individuals in the Philippines committed to working towards social change, which has been campaigning...
View ArticleItaly Joins Internet Rights ‘Club’
By Andrea PettrachinROME, Sep 3 2015 (IPS)Italy has finally joined the restricted club of states in the world that have chosen the constitutional path for regulating the Internet – or at least has...
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Mental Health Another Casualty of Changing Climate
A young resident of Tacloban in the Philippines walks through some of the damage and debris left by the Typhoon Yolanda, Dec. 21, 2013. Credit: UN Photo/Evan SchneiderBy Jed Alegado and Angeli...
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Detained, Female and Dying: Why Prisons Must Treat Women’s Health Needs
This is one of a series of posts by the author on her research in 2013-2015 among women’s prisons and prison communities in Albania, Guatemala, Jordan, the Philippines and Zambia, with DIGNITY, the...
View ArticleFamily Planning in the Philippines: Stalled Again
Barry Mirkin is a former chief of the Population Policy Section of the United Nations Population Division.
View ArticlePopulist Leaders Endanger Human Rights: Advocacy Organisation
Populist leaders pose a dangerous threat to human rights, fuelling and justifying intolerance and abuse across the world, said advocacy group Human Rights Watch during the launch of their annual global...
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Philippines Joins Space Race
Filipino scientists and engineers with their Japanese counterparts look at the completed Diwata-1. Credit: Philippine Microsatellite ProgramBy Diana G MendozaMANILA, Jan 24 2017 (IPS)The Philippines, a...
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Philippines Most Dangerous Country in Southeast Asia for Journalists
A police commando stands guard as forensics investigators unearth the victims of the Ampatuan massacre. Credit: InterAksyon file photoBy Pascal LaureynMANILA, Jan 10 2018 (IPS)It’s not just suspected...
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Leprosy Remains a Stubborn, Unseen Problem in the Philippines
The Philippines has the highest incidence of leprosy of any country in the region – about 1,700 new cases have been identified in each of the last three years. Credit: moyerphotos/CC by 2.0By Ben...
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First Asian Leprosy Assembly Calls for Greater Social Inclusion for the Affected
Amar Bahadur Timalsina, president of IDEA, Nepal, a group founded by people with leprosy for people with leprosy, is in agreement that there needs to be greater inclusion for those affected by the...
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Leprosy Detection With a Personal Touch
Coalition of Leprosy Associations of the Philippines (CLAP) community outreach organisers Jennifer Quimno (left) and Michelle Ann Oreo (right). Credit: Ben Kritz/IPSBy Ben KritzMANILA, Mar 3 2019 (IPS)...
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Capacity Building the Key to Fighting Leprosy
Dr. Takahiro Nanri, Executive Director of the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation, explained the need for leprosy CSOs to develop income-generating plans to cover gaps in sustainable funding. The...
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Q& A: We Need a Holistic Approach to Eradicate Leprosy
Dr Maria Francia Laxamana, the Assistant Secretary in the Philippines Ministry of Health, eels strongly about the social exclusion and stigma experienced by the leprosy patients and is eager to make a...
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Leprosy Survivor Creates Hope and Support for Others Affected by Disease
Filipino businessman Ariel Lazarte was diagnosed with Hansen’s Disease in 2014. Since his treatment he has built a successful business and has become a patron for those affected by the disease. Credit:...
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Living with Leprosy on the Climate-Vulnerable Kiribati Island Atolls
Itinnenga Uan—country head of Pacific Leprosy Foundation in Kiribati (left) and Kurarenga Kaitire, travelled for almost 24 hours to reach Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to attend the Regional...
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Individual Empowerment Still Important in Leprosy Groups’ Strategies
Thobias Alexander Manas (R), here with his former social worker Kalep Manikari (L), was shunned and driven from his school, home, and village in West Timor when he contracted leprosy as a teenager....
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New Regional Secretariat to Advance Leprosy Advocacy in Asia
Culion Sanitarium and General Hospital Medical Director Dr. Arturo Cunanan urged delegates to the Regional Assembly of Organisations of People Affected by Leprosy in Asia to "put our partnership beyond...
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Q&A: Important to Treat Anyone Suffering from Leprosy as an Equal Individual
Alice Cruz is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, says divorce on the grounds of leprosy, allowed by...
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Island Women Take the Lead in Peatland Restoration
Eluminada Roca (70) Janeline Garcia (32) and her son (9 months) — the youngest and the oldest members of San Isidro village women's association — are engaged in restoring Leyte Sab-a Basin peatland....
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Asia: So Close and Yet So Far From Polio Eradication
A Pakistani child receives a dose of the oral polio vaccine (OPV). According to the WHO, Pakistan is responsible for 80 percent of polio cases worldwide. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy IPS...
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They Say the Land is ‘Uninhabited’ but Indigenous Communities Disagree
Indigenous communities that live in traditional forests likes these on the Indonesian island of Lombok are not consulted when such lands are handed over to commercial entities. Credit: Amantha...
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Filipinos Take to the Streets One Year After Typhoon Haiyan
One year after Typhoon Haiyan, more than four million people still remain homeless. Credit: European Commission DG ECHO/Pio Arce/Genesis Photos-World Vision/CC-BY-ND-2.0By Diana MendozaMANILA, Nov 10...
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Filipino Farmers Protest Government Research on Genetically Modified Rice
Filipino rice farmers claim that national heritage sites like the 2,000-year-old Ifugao Rice Terraces are threatened by the looming presence of genetically modified crops. Credit: Courtesy Diana...
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CORRECTION/Filipino Children Make Gains on Paper, But Reality Lags Behind
Teenage pregnancy affects 1.4 million Filipino girls aged 15 to 19. Credit: Stella Estremera/IPSBy Diana MendozaMANILA, Dec 15 2014 (IPS) Mae Baez sees some of the darkest sides of communications...
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Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: A “Regressive” Trend, Says Amnesty...
Protestors armed with bamboo sticks faced police in riot gear in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, on May 4, 2013. Credit: Kajul Hazra/IPS By Kanya D'AlmeidaUNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) The cradle of...
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Canada’s Waste Still Rotting in a Philippine Port
Filipinos march along the streets of the Makati Business District, demanding the immediate re-exportation of the 50 Canadian container vans filled with hazardous wastes currently festering in Manila’s...
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Women in the Philippines at the Forefront of the Health Food Movement
In the Philippines, 22 percent of children under the age of five are underweight, and 32 percent of children are stunted. Credit: Kara Santos/IPSBy Diana MendozaMANILA, Mar 20 2015 (IPS) When Tinay...
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Living the Indigenous Way, from the Jungles to the Mountains
This hunter is a member of the Waorani community, an Amazonian indigenous people who live in eastern Ecuador. Credit: Courtesy Nicolas Villaume, Land is LifeBy Stephen LeahyUXBRIDGE, Canada, May 8 2015...
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Opinion: Cli-Fi Film from Philippines Packs a Punch
A scene in Guiuan, Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, Nov. 21, 2013. Credit: Roberto De Vido/cc by 2.0By Dan BloomTAIPEI, Jun 10 2015 (IPS) I live on a crowded, subtropical island nation in the...
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Climate Justice: Trial by Public Opinion for World’s Polluters
Campaigners at the September 2014 NYC Climate March say, “We need a cooperative model for climate justice.” Credit Roger Hamilton-Martin/IPSBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 2015 (IPS) The United...
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Opinion: What the Philippines Can Learn from Morocco, Peru and Ethiopia
NGOs call for an energy revolution at the Bonn talks. Credit: IISDBy Chris Wright and Jed AlegadoMANILA, Jun 16 2015 (IPS) (Last week, Australian Climate Activist offered an apology to the Philippines...
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Opinion: We Have a Moral Imperative to Act on Climate Change
Candlelight vigil co-organised by 350.org, the global grassroots climate movement, held just before the Pope's visit to the Philippines in January this year. Photo credit: LJ PasionBy Edwin...
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Opinion: The Road to Paris and the Path to Renewable Energy
Jed Alegado (@jedalegado) is a climate campaigner based in the Philippines. He holds a master's degree in Public Management from the Ateneo School of Government and is also one of the climate trackers...
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Building Resilience in the Philippines Through Sustainable Livelihoods and...
Elvie Gallo's thriving chicken business means she can support her family and put aside savings to build resilience against future shocks. Credit: BRAC/Robert Irven 2022By Joyce ChimbiIloilo,...
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