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 | Brazilian Capoeira Heals Wounds in the DRC Fabíola Ortiz
On the earthen floor, to the sound of a single-string percussion instrument called a Berimbau, Congolese children stand in a circle practicing rhythmic movements with their arms and feet and chanting. They are doing Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that merges the practice of sports, ... MORE > >
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 | IPS Interviews FAO DG on appointment of David Beasley as WFP head IPS World Desk
As widely known, the key objective of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to eradicate hunger and malnutrition by 2030, as established with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals two years ago. The two other Rome-based Agencies, partners of FAO in ... MORE > >
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 | People With Autism Have Right to Autonomy Too Lyndal Rowlands
Guardianship laws meant to protect people with autism actually deprive them of their basic rights and autonomy, according to experts on a UN panel. When people with autism turn 18, their parents or other caregivers are encouraged to legally become their guardians. However, as Zoe Gross an ... MORE > >
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 | A Transformational Moment in Nuclear & International Affairs? John Burroughs
Is a paradigm shift now underway on nuclear weapons at the United Nations? That was the question posed as about 130 nations gathered this past week to begin negotiations on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, leading to their total elimination. The treaty would prohibit development, possession ...MORE > >
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 | Brazilian Dam Causes Too Much or Too Little Water in Amazon Villages Mario Osava
The Juruna indigenous village of Miratu mourned the death of Jarliel twice: once on October 26, when he drowned in the Xingu River, and the second time when the sacred burial ground was flooded by an unexpected rise in the river that crosses Brazil's Amazon region. Their cries are also of ... MORE > >
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 | World Bank Ignores Land Grabbing Linda Flood
Sales of huge land areas of Ethiopia, by the Ethiopian government, to foreign investors, have led to starvation and forced displacement. In his documentary Dead Donkeys Fear no Hyenas, Swedish film director Joakim Demmer exposes the consequences of land grabbing, and holds the World Bank ...MORE > >
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