Category - Civil Society

The Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation was held at the Exhibition and Convention Centre in the Argentine capital, forty years after the Conference on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries produced the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA) in 1978. Credit: Daniel Gutman/IPS
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South-South Cooperation Now Triangulates with the North

1 month ago

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Kiyomi Takahashi of the independent Nippon Foundation explains the international movement for the rights of the victims of leprosy during the opening session of the First Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of Organisations of People Affected by Hansen
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People Affected by Leprosy Still Face Stigma in Latin America

1 month ago

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Family photo of part of the 111 participants in the First Latin American and Caribbean Assembly of Organisations of People Affected by Hansen
Active Citizens • Civil Society • Conferences • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Featured • Global Governance • Headlines • Health • human rights • IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse • Latin America & the Caribbean • leprosy • News • Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) • Population • Regional Categories • World Health Organization (WHO)

People Affected by Leprosy in Latin America Unite for Their Rights and Their Voice

1 month ago

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Julio Esquivel and two children in the La Casita de La Virgen soup kitchen in Villa La Cava stand next to the filter that removes 99.9 percent of bacteria, viruses and parasites, with a capacity of up to 12 liters per hour. The purifier became the starting point for raising awareness in this shantytown on the outskirts of the Argentine capital about access to water as a human right. Credit: Daniel Gutman/IPS
Argentina • Cities • Civil Society • Development & Aid • Editors' Choice • Environment • Headlines • Health • Integration and Development Brazilian-style • Latin America & the Caribbean • News • Population • Poverty & SDGs • Projects • Regional Categories • sanitation • Water & Sanitation

Access to Water Is a Daily Battle in Poor Neighborhoods in Buenos Aires

2 months ago

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