Chennai, 17 September (IANS) India on Wednesday called climate justice and maximum regional cooperation to protect fisheries on a small scale, stating that countries that contribute minimally to the climate crisis should not be the burden of its heaviest costs. In his address in the inaugural session of a three -day regional meeting on small … Read more
Kochi/Chennai, Sep 16 ( IANS) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO), will assist India and other Bay of Bengal nations in preparing national action plans to strengthen small-scale fisheries and safeguard millions of livelihoods that depend on them. A three-day … Read more
Between a report showing that thousands of women are distracted from shelters every year, a front-line worker who helps women affected by gender-based violence in Ontario, has seen that the system has repeatedly thwarted them. Marilia Dos Santos, a gender-based violence consultant at Toronto’s Abrigo Center, has been working with the weaker people in crisis … Read more