Maru Aguzzi at the exhibition in Paris, in front of works by Alejandro Magallanes (photo by SWAN). By SWANPARIS, Sep 27 2021 – So, what’s the difference between illustration and “art”?  When asked this question, Maru Aguzzi replies with a wry smile: “Perhaps the price?” Aguzzi is the curator of Gran Salón México-Paris – Contemporary Mexican Illustration, an exhibition taking...

Sheeba Aslam Fehmi at an event organized by Dhanak, celebrating couples who married under the Special Marriage Act. By Mariya SalimNEW DELHI, India, Sep 27 2021 – When Ali (name changed) proposed to his best friend, little did he know that her parents would take six years to agree to their alliance because he was born into a Muslim family, and they were Hindus. “Everything they had heard...

Young girls in Turkey use their digital devices. Over 30 years after the invention of the world wide web, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has laid out the ways that young people and children should be treated in the digital world, and how their rights should be protected. Credit: UNICEF/Olcer By Hamid MehmoodHAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Sep 27 2021 – In 2020, every human on Earth...

By External SourceNEW YORK, Sep 27 2021 (IPS-Partners) – On the sidelines of this year’s United Nations General Assembly, public, private and philanthropic donors announced a total of US$138.1 million in new contributions to Education Cannot Wait (ECW). The new contributions come from: Germany (€50 million; approx. US$58.6 million); United States of America (US$37 million); European Union/European...

Members of the Cangrejera Drinking Water Association in the Desvío de Amayo village, La Libertad municipality in central El Salvador, stand at the foot of the tank from which water flows by gravity to the nine villages that benefit from this community project. There are an estimated 2,500 rural water boards in the country, which provide service to 1.6 million people. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala/IPS By...

By Alison KentishDOMINICA, Sep 24 2021 – On September 10th, on a sweltering summer afternoon, three fishers drove a van around the residential community of Castle Comfort in Dominica, blowing forcefully into their conch shells – the traditional call that there is fresh fish for sale in the area. One of the men, Andrew Joseph, urged a customer to double her purchase of Yellowfin Tuna, stating...