United Nations : Human rights at risk from tsunami of privatization (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Widespread privatization of public goods is systematically eliminating human rights protections and further marginalisi ng the interests of low-income earners and those living in poverty, a United Natio ns human rights expert has said.

Q&A : All SDGs relate in some way to the oceans (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
When Peter Thomson, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean, heard in 2010 that there was going to be a 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, he knew he had to include the ocean question.

Argentina : Women make the voice of indigenous people heard (PRIV)
(IPS, Tartagal)
The seed was planted more than 20 years ago by a group of indigenous women who began to gather to try to reco ver memories from their people.

Opinion : Urgent need to combat deadly cholera outbreaks in northeast Nigeri a (PRIV)
(IPS, Maiduguri)
The number of people who have been affected by cholera in northeast Nigeria has increased to 10,000.