IPS journalists have been reporting from the camp areas within Bangladesh. They have met and spoken to many Rohingya families and learned first-hand what happened to them - the women, children and men - and what their hopes are for the future. Our journalists captured images from far and wide that reflect the agony and fears of the Rohingya who are living in dismal conditions

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When the UN General Assembly condemned the United States for its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the vote was described as a “collective defiance” of the international community against public threats against the United Nations and its member states by a politically unpredictable and predictably wavering US President. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/us-faces-collective-defiance-un-j…/

The countries of Central America are striving to define a plan to promote the sustainable use of water, a crucial need in a region that is already suffering the impacts of climate change http://www.ipsnews.net/…/central-america-hashes-agenda-sus…/

In 2017, Donald Trump dominated the year by using US clout to change many aspects of global relations, and not for the better. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/12/goodbye-2017-trump-dominated-y…/

Daniel is a Venezuelan living with HIV. Mexico gave him refugee status, based on a humanitarian cause. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/how-a-venezuelan-living-with-hiv-…/

The government appears to finally realise that squeezing private media is a mistake and self-defeating, leaving the field open to the likes of social-media activists with their own agendas http://www.ipsnews.net/…/ethiopias-new-addiction-says-medi…/

Two out of 10 women between the ages of 15 and 19 in the Dominican Republic have been pregnant or have been mothers;
The causes of this sinister reality, briefly described, are multiple; but its consequences are clear: low or very low quality of life, poor welfare, recurrent poverty, exclusion http://www.ipsnews.net/…/rise-teenage-pregnancy-deters-dev…/

3 out of 10 people do not have a safely managed water supply, and 6 out of 10 lack safely managed sanitation. Over 2 billion people drank water that was fecally contaminated in 2015, and the World Bank estimates that the annual cost of poor sanitation is in excess of $260 billion annually. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/water-water-everywhere-costs-migh…/

“I’m a migrant, but didn’t have to risk my life on a leaky boat or pay traffickers. Safe migration cannot be limited to the global elite.” Thus spoke United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in September 2017. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/right-passage-safe-migration-not-…/

While the media may be attracted by images of migrants drowning or sold as slaves, another flagrant but lesser-known drama is that of care workers, who are overwhelmingly women, often migrants, and who make a very large contribution to global public health, but are exposed to great health risks themselves with little or no protection, let alone basic labour rights. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/no-health-protection-migrant-wome…/

Myanmar’s minister for resettlement, Win Myat Aye, has said that his country would be taking back no more than 300 refugees per day. At that rate, it would take over five and a half years for all the 600,000 Rohingyas to be allowed back in. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/why-the-rohingya-cant-yet-return-…/

Every village in Nepal has someone who is working or has worked abroad. One third of the country's GDP comes from overseas workers. But there's a high price to pay. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/12/helping-nepal-by-working-abroad/

They are young, smart and willing to take the rough road. Victor, Jubilanté and Khaled are independent fighters who speak out with a force that could possibly change the appearances of their countries, and beyond. http://www.ipsnews.net/…/civil-society-activists-speak-des…/

IPS journalists have been reporting from the camp areas within Bangladesh. They have met and spoken to many Rohingya families and learned first-hand what happened to them - the women, children and men - and what their hopes are for the future. Our journalists captured images from far and wide that reflect the agony and fears of the Rohingya who are living in dismal conditions. http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/12/153539/